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CentOS 8 : prometheus-jmx-exporter (CESA-2020:4807)

high Nessus Plugin ID 145816

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Synopsis

The remote CentOS host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote CentOS Linux 8 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the CESA-2020:4807 advisory.

 - snakeyaml: Billion laughs attack via alias feature (CVE-2017-18640)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected prometheus-jmx-exporter package.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:4807

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 145816

File Name: centos8_RHSA-2020-4807.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/1/2021

Updated: 1/25/2024

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.9

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-18640

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:centos:centos:8, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:prometheus-jmx-exporter

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/CentOS/release, Host/CentOS/rpm-list

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/4/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/12/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-18640

RHSA: 2020:4807