RHEL 7 : subscription-manager (RHSA-2023:4701)

high Nessus Plugin ID 180036

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update for subscription-manager.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2023:4701 advisory.

The subscription-manager packages provide programs and libraries to allow users to manage subscriptions and yum repositories from the Red Hat entitlement platform.

Security Fix(es):

* subscription-manager: inadequate authorization of com.redhat.RHSM1 D-Bus interface allows local users to modify configuration (CVE-2023-3899)

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 subscription-manager package based on the guidance in RHSA-2023:4701.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?74512906

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

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2225407

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:4701

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 180036

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2023-4701.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 8/22/2023

Updated: 11/7/2024

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous 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: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-3899

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:redhat:enterprise_linux:subscription-manager-plugin-ostree, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:subscription-manager-plugin-container, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:subscription-manager-gui, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:subscription-manager-rhsm-certificates, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:subscription-manager-rhsm, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:subscription-manager-migration, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:subscription-manager, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rhsm-gtk, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:subscription-manager-initial-setup-addon, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python-syspurpose, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:subscription-manager-cockpit

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: 8/22/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/22/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-3899

CWE: 285

RHSA: 2023:4701