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EulerOS Virtualization 3.0.6.6 : util-linux (EulerOS-SA-2021-1524)

high Nessus Plugin ID 147066

Synopsis

The remote EulerOS Virtualization host is missing a security update.

Description

According to the version of the util-linux packages installed, the EulerOS Virtualization installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerability :

 - runuser in util-linux allows local users to escape to the parent session via a crafted TIOCSTI ioctl call, which pushes characters to the terminal's input buffer.(CVE-2016-2779)

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the EulerOS security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Solution

Update the affected util-linux package.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?9d5ce4a5

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 147066

File Name: EulerOS_SA-2021-1524.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Published: 3/4/2021

Updated: 1/16/2024

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2016-2779

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.8

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:huawei:euleros:libblkid, p-cpe:/a:huawei:euleros:libblkid-devel, p-cpe:/a:huawei:euleros:libmount, p-cpe:/a:huawei:euleros:libuuid, p-cpe:/a:huawei:euleros:libuuid-devel, p-cpe:/a:huawei:euleros:util-linux, p-cpe:/a:huawei:euleros:uuidd, cpe:/o:huawei:euleros:uvp:3.0.6.6

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/4/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-2779