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Scientific Linux Security Update : sos on SL6.x (noarch) (20160209)

high Nessus Plugin ID 88676

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Synopsis

The remote Scientific Linux host is missing a security update.

Description

An insecure temporary file use flaw was found in the way sos created certain sosreport files. A local attacker could possibly use this flaw to perform a symbolic link attack to reveal the contents of sosreport files, or in some cases modify arbitrary files and escalate their privileges on the system. (CVE-2015-7529)

This update also fixes the following bug :

 - Previously, when the hpasm plug-in ran the 'hpasmcli' command in a Python Popen constructor or a system pipeline, the command would hang and eventually time out after 300 seconds. Sos was forced to wait for the time out to finish, unnecessarily prolonging its run time.
 With this update, the timeout of the 'hpasmcli' command has been set to 0, eliminating the delay and speeding up sos completion time.

Solution

Update the affected sos package.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?ada07f36

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 88676

File Name: sl_20160209_sos_on_SL6_x.nasl

Version: 2.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/10/2016

Updated: 1/14/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.6

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:sos, 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: 2/9/2016

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/6/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-7529