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RHEL 5 : yum-updatesd (RHSA-2014:1004)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 76997

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Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update.

Description

An updated yum-updatesd package that fixes one security issue is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.

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.

The yum-updatesd package provides a daemon which checks for available updates and can notify you when they are available via email, syslog, or dbus.

It was discovered that yum-updatesd did not properly perform RPM package signature checks. When yum-updatesd was configured to automatically install updates, a remote attacker could use this flaw to install a malicious update on the target system using an unsigned RPM or an RPM signed with an untrusted key. (CVE-2014-0022)

All yum-updatesd users are advised to upgrade to this updated package, which contains a backported patch to correct this issue. After installing this update, the yum-updatesd service will be restarted automatically.

Solution

Update the affected yum-updatesd package.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014:1004

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2014-0022

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 76997

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2014-1004.nasl

Version: 1.12

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 8/5/2014

Updated: 1/14/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 4.4

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:yum-updatesd

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: 8/5/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-0022

BID: 65119

RHSA: 2014:1004