CentOS 8 : dotnet3.1 (CESA-2021:2037)

high Nessus Plugin ID 150065

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-2021:2037 advisory.

- dotnet: .NET Core single-file application privilege escalation (CVE-2021-31204)

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-2021:2037

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 150065

File Name: centos8_RHSA-2021-2037.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 5/30/2021

Updated: 12/29/2023

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.6

Temporal Score: 3.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-31204

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.3

Temporal Score: 6.8

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:centos:centos:8-stream, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:dotnet-targeting-pack-3.1, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:dotnet-apphost-pack-3.1, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:dotnet-sdk-3.1, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:aspnetcore-targeting-pack-3.1, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:dotnet-templates-3.1, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:aspnetcore-runtime-3.1, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:dotnet-runtime-3.1, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:dotnet-hostfxr-3.1

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: 5/19/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/11/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-31204

RHSA: 2021:2037