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CentOS 7 : python-rhsm / subscription-manager (CESA-2016:2592)

low Nessus Plugin ID 95338

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Synopsis

The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

An update for subscription-manager, subscription-manager-migration-data, and python-rhsm is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.

The subscription-manager packages provide programs and libraries to allow users to manage subscriptions and yum repositories from the Red Hat entitlement platform.

The subscription-manager-migration-data package provides certificates for migrating a system from the legacy Red Hat Network Classic (RHN) to Red Hat Subscription Management (RHSM).

The python-rhsm packages provide a library for communicating with the representational state transfer (REST) interface of a Red Hat Unified Entitlement Platform. The Subscription Management tools use this interface to manage system entitlements, certificates, and access to content.

The following packages have been upgraded to a newer upstream version:
subscription-manager (1.17.15), python-rhsm (1.17.9), subscription-manager-migration-data (2.0.31). (BZ#1328553, BZ#1328555, BZ# 1328559)

Security Fix(es) :

* It was found that subscription-manager set weak permissions on files in / var/lib/rhsm/, causing an information disclosure. A local, unprivileged user could use this flaw to access sensitive data that could potentially be used in a social engineering attack.
(CVE-2016-4455)

Red Hat would like to thank Robert Scheck for reporting this issue.

Additional Changes :

For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.3 Release Notes linked from the References section.

Solution

Update the affected python-rhsm and / or subscription-manager packages.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?fd1a7d0e

http://www.nessus.org/u?0d566489

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 95338

File Name: centos_RHSA-2016-2592.nasl

Version: 3.7

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/28/2016

Updated: 1/4/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 1.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2.1

Temporal Score: 1.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2016-4455

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.3

Temporal Score: 2.9

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:subscription-manager-plugin-container, cpe:/o:centos:centos:7, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:subscription-manager-gui, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:python-rhsm-certificates, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:subscription-manager-plugin-ostree, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:python-rhsm, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:subscription-manager-initial-setup-addon, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:subscription-manager

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/25/2016

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/14/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-4455

RHSA: 2016:2592