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RHEL 6 : libcgroup (RHSA-2011:0320)
high Nessus Plugin ID 52542
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Synopsis
The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates for libcgroup.Description
The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 6 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2011:0320 advisory.The libcgroup packages provide tools and libraries to control and monitor control groups.
A heap-based buffer overflow flaw was found in the way libcgroup converted a list of user-provided controllers for a particular task into an array of strings. A local attacker could use this flaw to escalate their privileges via a specially-crafted list of controllers. (CVE-2011-1006)
It was discovered that libcgroup did not properly check the origin of Netlink messages. A local attacker could use this flaw to send crafted Netlink messages to the cgrulesengd daemon, causing it to put processes into one or more existing control groups, based on the attacker's choosing, possibly allowing the particular tasks to run with more resources (memory, CPU, etc.) than originally intended. (CVE-2011-1022)
Red Hat would like to thank Nelson Elhage for reporting the CVE-2011-1006 issue.
All libcgroup users should upgrade to these updated packages, which contain backported patches to correct these issues.
Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.
Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.
Solution
Update the RHEL libcgroup package based on the guidance in RHSA-2011:0320.See Also
http://www.nessus.org/u?bddf50cf
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=678107
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 52542
File Name: redhat-RHSA-2011-0320.nasl
Version: 1.23
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks
Published: 3/4/2011
Updated: 11/4/2024
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: High
Base Score: 7.2
Temporal Score: 5.3
Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2011-1006
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.8
Temporal Score: 6.8
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:U/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libcgroup-pam, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libcgroup-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libcgroup
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: 3/3/2011
Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/22/2011
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2011-1006, CVE-2011-1022