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RHEL 9 : cockpit (RHSA-2024:9325)

low Nessus Plugin ID 210808

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Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update for cockpit.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2024:9325 advisory.

 Cockpit enables users to administer GNU/Linux servers using a web browser. It offers network configuration, log inspection, diagnostic reports, SELinux troubleshooting, interactive command-line sessions, and more.

 Security Fix(es):

 * cockpit: Authenticated user can kill any process when enabling pam_env's user_readenv option (CVE-2024-6126)

 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.

 Additional Changes:

 For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.5 Release Notes linked from 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 cockpit package based on the guidance in RHSA-2024:9325.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?bb08292d

https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#low

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2292897

https://issues.redhat.com/browse/RHEL-34216

https://issues.redhat.com/browse/RHEL-46354

https://issues.redhat.com/browse/RHEL-55860

http://www.nessus.org/u?5483bc06

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:9325

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 210808

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2024-9325.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/12/2024

Updated: 11/12/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 2.4

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Low

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 1.7

Temporal Score: 1.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/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:redhat:enterprise_linux:cockpit-ws, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:cockpit-storaged, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:cockpit-system, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:cockpit-doc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:cockpit, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:cockpit-pcp, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:cockpit-bridge, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:cockpit-packagekit

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: 11/12/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/3/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-6126

CWE: 400

RHSA: 2024:9325