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Scientific Linux Security Update : openhpi on SL7.x x86_64 (20151119)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 87565

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Synopsis

The remote Scientific Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

It was found that the '/var/lib/openhpi' directory provided by OpenHPI used world-writeable and world-readable permissions. A local user could use this flaw to view, modify, and delete OpenHPI-related data, or even fill up the storage device hosting the /var/lib directory.
(CVE-2015-3248)

The openhpi packages have been upgraded to upstream version 3.4.0, which provides a number of bug fixes and enhancements over the previous version.

This update also fixes the following bug :

 - Network timeouts were handled incorrectly in the openhpid daemon. As a consequence, network connections could fail when external plug-ins were used. With this update, handling of network socket timeouts has been improved in openhpid, and the described problem no longer occurs.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?8b0f319d

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 87565

File Name: sl_20151119_openhpi_on_SL7_x.nasl

Version: 2.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 12/22/2015

Updated: 1/14/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.7

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:openhpi, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:openhpi-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:openhpi-devel, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:openhpi-libs, x-cpe:/o:fermilab:scientific_linux

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

Patch Publication Date: 11/19/2015

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/26/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-3248