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RHEL 9 : usbguard (RHSA-2022:8971)
high Nessus Plugin ID 168702
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Synopsis
The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update for usbguard.Description
The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2022:8971 advisory.The USBGuard software framework provides system protection against intrusive USB devices by implementing basic whitelisting and blacklisting capabilities based on device attributes. To enforce a user-defined policy, USBGuard uses the Linux kernel USB device authorization feature.
Security Fix(es):
* usbguard: Fix unauthorized access via D-Bus (CVE-2019-25058)
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.
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 usbguard package based on the guidance in RHSA-2022:8971.See Also
http://www.nessus.org/u?e509c907
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 168702
File Name: redhat-RHSA-2022-8971.nasl
Version: 1.7
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks
Published: 12/13/2022
Updated: 11/7/2024
Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 6.7
Vendor
Vendor Severity: Moderate
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 4.4
Temporal Score: 3.4
Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-25058
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.8
Temporal Score: 7
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:P/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:usbguard, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:usbguard-selinux, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:usbguard-notifier, cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_eus:9.0, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:usbguard-tools, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:usbguard-dbus
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/cpu
Exploit Available: true
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 12/13/2022
Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/24/2022
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2019-25058