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RHEL 9 : fence-agents (RHSA-2024:6726)
high Nessus Plugin ID 207356
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Synopsis
The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update for fence-agents.Description
The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2024:6726 advisory.The fence-agents packages provide a collection of scripts for handling remote power management for cluster devices. They allow failed or unreachable nodes to be forcibly restarted and removed from the cluster.
Security Fix(es):
* pypa/setuptools: Remote code execution via download functions in the package_index module in pypa/setuptools (CVE-2024-6345)
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 fence-agents package based on the guidance in RHSA-2024:6726.See Also
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2297771
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 207356
File Name: redhat-RHSA-2024-6726.nasl
Version: 1.3
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks
Published: 9/17/2024
Updated: 11/8/2024
Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 5.9
Vendor
Vendor Severity: Important
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Critical
Base Score: 10
Temporal Score: 7.4
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-6345
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 8.8
Temporal Score: 7.7
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/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:fence-agents-cisco-ucs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:fence-agents-drac5, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:fence-agents-bladecenter, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:fence-agents-ilo-ssh, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:fence-agents, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:fence-agents-wti, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:fence-agents-compute, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:fence-agents-rsb, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:fence-agents-scsi, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:fence-agents-ipmilan, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:fence-agents-eaton-snmp, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:fence-agents-openstack, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:fence-agents-ilo2, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:fence-agents-intelmodular, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:fence-agents-ilo-moonshot, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:fence-virt, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:fence-agents-kdump, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:fence-agents-ibmblade, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:fence-virtd-multicast, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:fence-virtd-cpg, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:fence-agents-ibm-vpc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:fence-agents-eps, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:fence-agents-kubevirt, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:fence-agents-ipdu, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:fence-agents-emerson, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:fence-agents-all, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:fence-agents-apc-snmp, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:fence-agents-zvm, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:fence-agents-rhevm, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:fence-agents-ifmib, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:fence-agents-mpath, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:fence-agents-aws, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:fence-agents-gce, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:fence-agents-virsh, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:fence-virtd-serial, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:fence-agents-redfish, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:fence-agents-amt-ws, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:fence-agents-brocade, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:fence-virtd-tcp, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:fence-agents-lpar, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:fence-agents-vmware-rest, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:fence-virtd, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:fence-agents-azure-arm, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:fence-agents-hpblade, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:fence-agents-ilo-mp, cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_eus:9.4, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:fence-agents-aliyun, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:fence-agents-vmware-soap, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:fence-virtd-libvirt, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:fence-agents-common, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:fence-agents-apc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:fence-agents-heuristics-ping, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:fence-agents-ibm-powervs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:fence-agents-sbd, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:fence-agents-cisco-mds, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:fence-agents-rsa, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ha-cloud-support
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: 9/17/2024
Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/15/2024
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2024-6345