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RHEL 2.1 : libuser (RHSA-2005:770)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 20047

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

Updated libuser packages that fix various security issues are now available.

This update has been rated as having low security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team.

The libuser library implements a standardized interface for manipulating and administering user and group accounts. The library uses pluggable back-ends to interface to its data sources. Sample applications that are modeled after applications from the shadow password suite are included in the package.

Several denial of service bugs were discovered in libuser. Under certain conditions it is possible for an application linked against libuser to crash or operate irregularly. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the name CVE-2004-2392 to these issues.

All users of libuser are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which contain a backported fix and are not vulnerable to these issues.

Solution

Update the affected libuser and / or libuser-devel packages.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2004-2392

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2005:770

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 20047

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2005-770.nasl

Version: 1.23

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/19/2005

Updated: 1/14/2021

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: 3.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libuser-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libuser, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:2.1

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/cpu

Patch Publication Date: 10/11/2005

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/31/2004

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2004-2392

RHSA: 2005:770