RHEL 7 : sensu (RHSA-2018:1606)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 194010

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2018:1606 advisory.

Sensu is a monitoring framework that aims to be simple, malleable, and scalable.

Security fix(es):

* Sensu's redaction function fails to handle the redaction of sensitive data in deeply nested data structures, resulting in sensitive data, such as passwords, being logged in clear-text. (CVE-2018-1000060)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, 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 sensu package based on the guidance in RHSA-2018:1606.

See Also

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

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1541402

http://www.nessus.org/u?f4d6e9e6

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1606

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 194010

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2018-1606.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 4/27/2024

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: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-1000060

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/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:sensu, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7

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: 5/17/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/9/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-1000060

CWE: 200

RHSA: 2018:1606