Scientific Linux Security Update : OpenAFS on SL5.x, SL6.x, SL7.x i386/x86_64 (20160317)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 90020

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Synopsis

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

Description

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This release fixes the vulnerabilities tracked as OPENAFS-SA-2016-001 and OPENAFS-SA-2016-002.

OPENAFS-SA-2016-001 (CVE-2016-2860): Users from foreign Kerberos realms can create groups as if they were administrators

OPENAFS-SA-2016-002: Information leakage over the network due to uninitialized memory

For more details please see

<a href='http://www.openafs.org/pages/security/OPENAFS-SA-2016-001.txt' target='_blank'>http://www.openafs.org/pages/security/OPENAFS-SA-2016- 001.txt</a> <a href='http://www.openafs.org/pages/security/OPENAFS-SA-2016-002.txt' target='_blank'>http://www.openafs.org/pages/security/OPENAFS-SA-2016- 002.txt</a>

Solution

Update the affected packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 90020

File Name: sl_20160317_OpenAFS_on_SL5_x.nasl

Version: 2.7

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Scientific Linux Local Security Checks

Published: 3/18/2016

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

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:kernel-module-openafs-2.6.18-406.el5, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:kernel-module-openafs-2.6.18-406.el5pae, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:kernel-module-openafs-2.6.18-406.el5xen, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:kmod-openafs-1.6-sl-327, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:kmod-openafs-573, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:openafs, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:openafs-1.6-sl, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:openafs-1.6-sl-authlibs, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:openafs-1.6-sl-authlibs-devel, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:openafs-1.6-sl-client, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:openafs-1.6-sl-compat, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:openafs-1.6-sl-devel, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:openafs-1.6-sl-kernel-source, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:openafs-1.6-sl-kpasswd, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:openafs-1.6-sl-krb5, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:openafs-1.6-sl-module-tools, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:openafs-1.6-sl-plumbing-tools, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:openafs-1.6-sl-server, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:openafs-authlibs, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:openafs-authlibs-devel, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:openafs-client, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:openafs-compat, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:openafs-debug, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:openafs-devel, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:openafs-kernel-source, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:openafs-kpasswd, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:openafs-krb5, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:openafs-module-tools, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:openafs-plumbing-tools, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:openafs-server, 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: 3/17/2016

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/13/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-2860

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