According to the version of the xdg-user-dirs package installed, the EulerOS installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerability :

  - It was found that the system umask policy is not being     honored when creating XDG user directories (~/Desktop     etc) on first login. This could lead to user's files     being inadvertently exposed to other local     users.(CVE-2017-15131)

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the EulerOS security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 6 host has one or more packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability that has been acknowledged by the vendor but will not be patched.

  - xdg-user-dirs, gnome-session: Xsession creation of XDG user directories does not honor system umask policy     (CVE-2017-15131)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied on the package manager's report that the package is installed.

The remote NewStart CGSL host, running version CORE 5.04 / MAIN 5.04, has xdg-user-dirs packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability:

  - It was found that the system umask policy is not being     honored when creating XDG user directories (~/Desktop     etc) on first login. This could lead to user's files     being inadvertently exposed to other local users.
    (CVE-2017-15131)

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

The remote Oracle Linux 7 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ELSA-2018-0842 advisory.

    [0.15-5]
    - Start using autostart mechanism instead of xinitrc.d script       Resolves: #1412762

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Oracle Linux security advisory.

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

It was found that the system umask policy is not being honored when creating XDG user directories (~/Desktop etc) on first login. This could lead to user's files being inadvertently exposed to other local users.(CVE-2017-15131)

This plugin has been deprecated as it does not adhere to established standards for this style of check.

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2018:0842 advisory.

    xdg-user-dirs is a tool to create and configure default desktop user directories such as the Music and the     Desktop directories.

    Security Fix(es):

    * xdg-user-dirs, gnome-session: Xsession creation of XDG user directories does not honor system umask     policy (CVE-2017-15131)

    For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, and other related     information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

    Additional Changes:

    For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.5 Release Notes     linked from the References section.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.

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

Security Fix(es) :

  - xdg-user-dirs, gnome-session: Xsession creation of XDG     user directories does not honor system umask policy     (CVE-2017-15131)

Additional Changes :

An update for xdg-user-dirs is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Low. 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.

xdg-user-dirs is a tool to create and configure default desktop user directories such as the Music and the Desktop directories.

Security Fix(es) :

* xdg-user-dirs, gnome-session: Xsession creation of XDG user directories does not honor system umask policy (CVE-2017-15131)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Additional Changes :

For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.5 Release Notes linked from the References section.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Published	Updated	Severity
106166	EulerOS 2.0 SP2 : xdg-user-dirs (EulerOS-SA-2018-1025)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	1/19/2018	1/6/2021	high
199147	RHEL 6 : xdg-user-dirs (Unpatched Vulnerability)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	6/3/2024	6/3/2024	high
127188	NewStart CGSL CORE 5.04 / MAIN 5.04 : xdg-user-dirs Vulnerability (NS-SA-2019-0026)	Nessus	NewStart CGSL Local Security Checks	8/12/2019	1/14/2021	high
109107	Oracle Linux 7 : xdg-user-dirs (ELSA-2018-0842)	Nessus	Oracle Linux Local Security Checks	4/18/2018	10/31/2024	high
110845	EulerOS 2.0 SP3 : xdg-user-dirs (EulerOS-SA-2018-1181)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	7/3/2018	9/10/2024	high
110447	Amazon Linux 2 : xdg-user-dirs (ALAS-2018-1030)	Nessus	Amazon Linux Local Security Checks	6/12/2018	9/24/2024	high
196554	RHEL 6 : xdg-user-dirs,_gnome-session (Unpatched Vulnerability) (deprecated)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	5/11/2024	5/31/2024	high
108987	RHEL 7 : xdg-user-dirs (RHSA-2018:0842)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	4/11/2018	11/7/2024	high
106165	EulerOS 2.0 SP1 : xdg-user-dirs (EulerOS-SA-2018-1024)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	1/19/2018	1/6/2021	high
109459	Scientific Linux Security Update : xdg-user-dirs on SL7.x x86_64 (20180410)	Nessus	Scientific Linux Local Security Checks	5/1/2018	10/16/2024	high
109373	CentOS 7 : xdg-user-dirs (CESA-2018:0842)	Nessus	CentOS Local Security Checks	4/27/2018	10/22/2024	high

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