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CentOS 7 : rpm (CESA-2014:1976)
critical Nessus Plugin ID 79877
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Synopsis
The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates.Description
Updated rpm packages that fix two security issues are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having Important security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base scores, which give detailed severity ratings, are available for each vulnerability from the CVE links in the References section.
The RPM Package Manager (RPM) is a powerful command line driven package management system capable of installing, uninstalling, verifying, querying, and updating software packages. Each software package consists of an archive of files along with information about the package such as its version, description, and other information.
It was found that RPM wrote file contents to the target installation directory under a temporary name, and verified its cryptographic signature only after the temporary file has been written completely.
Under certain conditions, the system interprets the unverified temporary file contents and extracts commands from it. This could allow an attacker to modify signed RPM files in such a way that they would execute code chosen by the attacker during package installation.
(CVE-2013-6435)
It was found that RPM could encounter an integer overflow, leading to a stack-based buffer overflow, while parsing a crafted CPIO header in the payload section of an RPM file. This could allow an attacker to modify signed RPM files in such a way that they would execute code chosen by the attacker during package installation. (CVE-2014-8118)
These issues were discovered by Florian Weimer of Red Hat Product Security.
All rpm users are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which contain backported patches to correct these issues. All running applications linked against the RPM library must be restarted for this update to take effect.
Solution
Update the affected rpm packages.See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: Critical
ID: 79877
File Name: centos_RHSA-2014-1976.nasl
Version: 1.10
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: CentOS Local Security Checks
Published: 12/15/2014
Updated: 1/4/2021
Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 6.5
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Critical
Base Score: 10
Temporal Score: 7.4
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2014-8118
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:rpm-apidocs, cpe:/o:centos:centos:7, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:rpm-build, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:rpm-python, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:rpm-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:rpm-libs, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:rpm-sign, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:rpm-cron, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:rpm, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:rpm-build-libs
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/CentOS/release, Host/CentOS/rpm-list
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 12/10/2014
Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/16/2014
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2013-6435, CVE-2014-8118
RHSA: 2014:1976