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RHEL 8 : libdb (RHSA-2021:1675)

low Nessus Plugin ID 149682

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Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update for libdb.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2021:1675 advisory.

 The libdb packages provide the Berkeley Database, an embedded database supporting both traditional and client/server applications.

 Security Fix(es):

 * libdb: Denial of service in the Data Store component (CVE-2019-2708)

 For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

 Additional Changes:

 For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Release Notes linked from the References section.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.

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 RHEL libdb package based on the guidance in RHSA-2021:1675.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?862005a9

http://www.nessus.org/u?ea37b7f0

https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#low

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:1675

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1853242

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 149682

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2021-1675.nasl

Version: 1.9

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 5/19/2021

Updated: 6/3/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 1.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2.1

Temporal Score: 1.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-2708

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.3

Temporal Score: 2.9

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libdb-cxx, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libdb, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libdb-devel-doc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libdb-sql, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libdb-cxx-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libdb-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libdb-sql-devel, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libdb-utils

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/18/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/16/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-2708

CWE: 284

RHSA: 2021:1675