RHEL 9 : rpm-ostree (RHSA-2024:3401)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 197972

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Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update for rpm-ostree.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2024:3401 advisory.

The rpm-ostree tool binds together the RPM packaging model with the OSTree model of bootable file system trees. It provides commands that can be used both on client systems and on server-side composes. The rpm- ostree-client package provides commands for client systems to perform upgrades and rollbacks.

Security Fix(es):

* rpm-ostree: world-readable /etc/shadow file (CVE-2024-2905)

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 rpm-ostree package based on the guidance in RHSA-2024:3401.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 197972

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2024-3401.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 5/28/2024

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: Low

Score: 3.6

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Moderate

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.9

Temporal Score: 3.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-2905

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.2

Temporal Score: 5.4

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rpm-ostree, cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_eus:9.2, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rpm-ostree-libs

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: 5/28/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/9/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-2905

CWE: 732

RHSA: 2024:3401

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