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CentOS 5 : logwatch (CESA-2011:0324)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 53424

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Synopsis

The remote CentOS host is missing a security update.

Description

An updated logwatch package that fixes one security issue is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and 6.

The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having important security impact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available from the CVE link in the References section.

Logwatch is a customizable log analysis system. Logwatch parses through your system's logs for a given period of time and creates a report analyzing areas that you specify, in as much detail as you require.

A flaw was found in the way Logwatch processed log files. If an attacker were able to create a log file with a malicious file name, it could result in arbitrary code execution with the privileges of the root user when that log file is analyzed by Logwatch. (CVE-2011-1018)

Users of logwatch should upgrade to this updated package, which contains a backported patch to resolve this issue.

Solution

Update the affected logwatch package.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?d33c583c

http://www.nessus.org/u?837d093d

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 53424

File Name: centos_RHSA-2011-0324.nasl

Version: 1.11

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 4/15/2011

Updated: 1/4/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:centos:centos:5, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:logwatch

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/14/2011

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/25/2011

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2011-1018

BID: 46554

RHSA: 2011:0324