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

medium Nessus Plugin ID 87579

Synopsis

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

Description

It was discovered that the xfs_metadump tool of the xfsprogs suite did not fully adhere to the standards of obfuscation described in its man page. In case a user with the necessary privileges used xfs_metadump and relied on the advertised obfuscation, the generated data could contain unexpected traces of potentially sensitive information.
(CVE-2012-2150)

The xfsprogs packages have been upgraded to upstream version 3.2.2, which provides a number of bug fixes and enhancements over the previous version. This release also includes updates present in upstream version 3.2.3, although it omits the mkfs.xfs default disk format change (for metadata checksumming) which is present upstream.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?1827b403

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 87579

File Name: sl_20151119_xfsprogs_on_SL7_x.nasl

Version: 2.4

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: 5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:xfsprogs-debuginfo, x-cpe:/o:fermilab:scientific_linux, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:xfsprogs-devel, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:xfsprogs-qa-devel, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:xfsprogs

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: 8/25/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-2150