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CentOS 9 : cockpit-320-1.el9

low Nessus Plugin ID 201968

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Synopsis

The remote CentOS host is missing a security update for cockpit.

Description

The remote CentOS Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the cockpit-320-1.el9 build changelog.

 - A flaw was found in the cockpit package. This flaw allows an authenticated user to kill any process when enabling the pam_env's user_readenv option, which leads to a denial of service (DoS) attack.
 (CVE-2024-6126)

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 CentOS 9 Stream cockpit package.

See Also

https://kojihub.stream.centos.org/koji/buildinfo?buildID=65448

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 201968

File Name: centos9_cockpit-320-1_65448.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/8/2024

Updated: 7/12/2024

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 2.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4

Temporal Score: 3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-6126

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.2

Temporal Score: 2.8

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:cockpit, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:cockpit-tests, cpe:/a:centos:centos:9, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:cockpit-bridge, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:cockpit-doc, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:cockpit-storaged, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:cockpit-ws, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:cockpit-packagekit, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:cockpit-system, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:cockpit-pcp

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/5/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/3/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-6126

IAVA: 2024-A-0395