CentOS 6 : bash (CESA-2017:0725)

high Nessus Plugin ID 97959

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Synopsis

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

Description

An update for bash is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

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 bash packages provide Bash (Bourne-again shell), which is the default shell for Red Hat Enterprise Linux.

Security Fix(es) :

* An arbitrary command injection flaw was found in the way bash processed the hostname value. A malicious DHCP server could use this flaw to execute arbitrary commands on the DHCP client machines running bash under specific circumstances. (CVE-2016-0634)

* An arbitrary command injection flaw was found in the way bash processed the SHELLOPTS and PS4 environment variables. A local, authenticated attacker could use this flaw to exploit poorly written setuid programs to elevate their privileges under certain circumstances. (CVE-2016-7543)

* A denial of service flaw was found in the way bash handled popd commands. A poorly written shell script could cause bash to crash resulting in a local denial of service limited to a specific bash session. (CVE-2016-9401)

Additional Changes :

For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.9 Release Notes and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.9 Technical Notes linked from the References section.

Solution

Update the affected bash packages. Note that the updated packages may not be immediately available from the package repository and its mirrors.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 97959

File Name: centos_RHSA-2017-0725.nasl

Version: 3.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: CentOS Local Security Checks

Published: 3/27/2017

Updated: 1/4/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.4

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:bash-doc, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:bash, cpe:/o:centos:centos:6

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

Patch Publication Date: 3/24/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-0634, CVE-2016-7543, CVE-2016-9401

RHSA: 2017:0725

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