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EulerOS 2.0 SP12 : util-linux (EulerOS-SA-2024-2254)

low Nessus Plugin ID 205931

Synopsis

The remote EulerOS host is missing a security update.

Description

According to the versions of the util-linux packages installed, the EulerOS installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerabilities :

 wall in util-linux through 2.40, often installed with setgid tty permissions, allows escape sequences to be sent to other users' terminals through argv. (Specifically, escape sequences received from stdin are blocked, but escape sequences received from argv are not blocked.) There may be plausible scenarios where this leads to account takeover.(CVE-2024-28085)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the EulerOS util-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 affected util-linux packages.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?16321c94

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 205931

File Name: EulerOS_SA-2024-2254.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Published: 8/20/2024

Updated: 8/27/2024

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 2.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.2

Temporal Score: 4.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-28085

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.3

Temporal Score: 3

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:huawei:euleros:util-linux, p-cpe:/a:huawei:euleros:util-linux-user, p-cpe:/a:huawei:euleros:libblkid, p-cpe:/a:huawei:euleros:libfdisk, p-cpe:/a:huawei:euleros:libmount, p-cpe:/a:huawei:euleros:libsmartcols, p-cpe:/a:huawei:euleros:libuuid, cpe:/o:huawei:euleros:2.0

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

Excluded KB Items: Host/EulerOS/uvp_version

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/20/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/27/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-28085