RHEL 5 / 6 : ecryptfs-utils (RHSA-2011:1241)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 56028

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Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates for ecryptfs-utils.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 5 / 6 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2011:1241 advisory.

- ecryptfs: multiple flaws to mount/umount arbitrary locations and possibly disclose confidential information (CVE-2011-1831, CVE-2011-1832, CVE-2011-1834, CVE-2011-1835, CVE-2011-1837)

- ecryptfs-utils: incorrect mtab group ownership (CVE-2011-3145)

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 ecryptfs-utils package based on the guidance in RHSA-2011:1241.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 56028

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2011-1241.nasl

Version: 1.21

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 9/1/2011

Updated: 4/27/2024

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: Moderate

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2011-3145

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

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:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ecryptfs-utils, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ecryptfs-utils-devel, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ecryptfs-utils-gui, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ecryptfs-utils-python

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: 8/31/2011

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/3/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2011-1831, CVE-2011-1832, CVE-2011-1834, CVE-2011-1835, CVE-2011-1837, CVE-2011-3145

BID: 49108, 49287

RHSA: 2011:1241

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