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CentOS 8 : openwsman (CESA-2020:4689)

high Nessus Plugin ID 145888

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Synopsis

The remote CentOS host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote CentOS Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the CESA-2020:4689 advisory.

 - openwsman: Infinite loop in process_connection() allows denial of service (CVE-2019-3833)

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 packages.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:4689

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 145888

File Name: centos8_RHSA-2020-4689.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/1/2021

Updated: 3/23/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-3833

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libwsman-devel, cpe:/o:centos:centos:8, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:openwsman-server, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:openwsman-client, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:openwsman-python3, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libwsman1

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/4/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/12/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-3833

BID: 107367

RHSA: 2020:4689