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CentOS 7 : abrt (CESA-2015:1083)
high Nessus Plugin ID 84197
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Synopsis
The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates.Description
Updated abrt packages that fix multiple security issues are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.Red Hat Product Security 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.
ABRT (Automatic Bug Reporting Tool) is a tool to help users to detect defects in applications and to create a bug report with all the information needed by a maintainer to fix it. It uses a plug-in system to extend its functionality.
It was found that ABRT was vulnerable to multiple race condition and symbolic link flaws. A local attacker could use these flaws to potentially escalate their privileges on the system. (CVE-2015-3315)
It was discovered that the kernel-invoked coredump processor provided by ABRT wrote core dumps to files owned by other system users. This could result in information disclosure if an application crashed while its current directory was a directory writable to by other users (such as /tmp). (CVE-2015-3142)
It was discovered that the default event handling scripts installed by ABRT did not handle symbolic links correctly. A local attacker with write access to an ABRT problem directory could use this flaw to escalate their privileges. (CVE-2015-1869)
It was found that the ABRT event scripts created a user-readable copy of an sosreport file in ABRT problem directories, and included excerpts of /var/log/messages selected by the user-controlled process name, leading to an information disclosure. (CVE-2015-1870)
It was discovered that, when moving problem reports between certain directories, abrt-handle-upload did not verify that the new problem directory had appropriate permissions and did not contain symbolic links. An attacker able to create a crafted problem report could use this flaw to expose other parts of ABRT to attack, or to overwrite arbitrary files on the system. (CVE-2015-3147)
Multiple directory traversal flaws were found in the abrt-dbus D-Bus service. A local attacker could use these flaws to read and write arbitrary files as the root user. (CVE-2015-3151)
It was discovered that the abrt-dbus D-Bus service did not properly check the validity of the problem directory argument in the ChownProblemDir, DeleteElement, and DeleteProblem methods. A local attacker could use this flaw to take ownership of arbitrary files and directories, or to delete files and directories as the root user.
(CVE-2015-3150)
It was discovered that the abrt-action-install-debuginfo-to-abrt-cache helper program did not properly filter the process environment before invoking abrt-action-install-debuginfo. A local attacker could use this flaw to escalate their privileges on the system. (CVE-2015-3159)
All users of abrt are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which correct these issues.
Solution
Update the affected abrt packages.See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 84197
File Name: centos_RHSA-2015-1083.nasl
Version: 2.13
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: CentOS Local Security Checks
Published: 6/16/2015
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: High
Score: 8.9
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.2
Temporal Score: 6
Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2015-3315
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.8
Temporal Score: 7.2
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:F/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:abrt, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:abrt-console-notification, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:abrt-addon-pstoreoops, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libreport-plugin-reportuploader, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libreport-plugin-ureport, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:abrt-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libreport-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:abrt-retrace-client, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libreport-anaconda, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libreport-rhel-bugzilla, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libreport-python, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:abrt-gui-libs, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:abrt-libs, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libreport-gtk, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libreport-web-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:abrt-addon-vmcore, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libreport-plugin-mailx, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:abrt-dbus, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:abrt-tui, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libreport, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libreport-newt, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libreport-compat, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:abrt-addon-upload-watch, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:abrt-addon-ccpp, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:abrt-desktop, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libreport-centos, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libreport-cli, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libreport-filesystem, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:abrt-addon-kerneloops, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libreport-gtk-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:abrt-gui, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libreport-rhel-anaconda-bugzilla, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:abrt-addon-python, cpe:/o:centos:centos:7, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libreport-web, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:abrt-python-doc, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libreport-plugin-bugzilla, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libreport-plugin-rhtsupport, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:abrt-python, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libreport-rhel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:abrt-cli, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:abrt-addon-xorg, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libreport-plugin-mantisbt, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:abrt-gui-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libreport-plugin-logger, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libreport-plugin-kerneloops
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: 6/15/2015
Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/26/2017
Exploitable With
Metasploit (ABRT raceabrt Privilege Escalation)
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2015-1869, CVE-2015-1870, CVE-2015-3142, CVE-2015-3147, CVE-2015-3150, CVE-2015-3151, CVE-2015-3159, CVE-2015-3315
BID: 75116, 75117, 75118, 75119, 75122, 75124, 75128, 75129
RHSA: 2015:1083