RHEL 6 / 7 : pcs (RHSA-2015:1700)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 88636

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Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates for pcs.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 6 / 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2015:1700 advisory.

- pcs: Incorrect authorization when using pcs web UI (CVE-2015-5189)

- pcs: Command injection with root privileges. (CVE-2015-5190)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the RHEL pcs package based on the guidance in RHSA-2015:1700.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 88636

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2015-1700.nasl

Version: 2.12

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 2/9/2016

Updated: 4/24/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Important

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.5

Temporal Score: 6.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2015-5190

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python-clufter, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:pcs, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7

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: 9/1/2015

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/3/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-5189, CVE-2015-5190

CWE: 77, 863

RHSA: 2015:1700

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