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RHEL 5 / 6 : logwatch (RHSA-2011:0324)
critical Nessus Plugin ID 52578
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Synopsis
The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update for logwatch.Description
The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 5 / 6 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2011:0324 advisory.- logwatch: Privilege escalation due improper sanitization of special characters in log file names (CVE-2011-1018)
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 logwatch package based on the guidance in RHSA-2011:0324.See Also
http://www.nessus.org/u?d53a72ee
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
Plugin Details
Severity: Critical
ID: 52578
File Name: redhat-RHSA-2011-0324.nasl
Version: 1.19
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks
Published: 3/8/2011
Updated: 4/21/2024
Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 6.7
Vendor
Vendor Severity: Important
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Critical
Base Score: 10
Temporal Score: 7.8
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2011-1018
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Critical
Base Score: 9.8
Temporal Score: 8.8
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:logwatch, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/cpu
Exploit Available: true
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 3/7/2011
Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/25/2011
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2011-1018
BID: 46554