RHEL 4 : libgtop2 (RHSA-2007:0765)

high Nessus Plugin ID 25877

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update for libgtop2.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 4 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2007:0765 advisory.

- Stack overflow libgtop when pathname of mmap()-ed file is too long (CVE-2007-0235)

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 libgtop2 package based on the guidance in RHSA-2007:0765.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?fbaa0e53

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

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=208265

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=249884

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007:0765

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 25877

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2007-0765.nasl

Version: 1.26

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 8/13/2007

Updated: 4/24/2024

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: 6.7

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Moderate

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.7

Temporal Score: 2.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2007-0235

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:4, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libgtop2, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libgtop2-devel

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

Patch Publication Date: 8/7/2007

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/16/2007

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2007-0235

RHSA: 2007:0765