RHEL 8 : systemd (RHSA-2020:4553)

low Nessus Plugin ID 142403

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2020:4553 advisory.

- systemd: memory leak in button_open() in login/logind-button.c when udev events are received (CVE-2019-20386)

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

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?44b830f6

http://www.nessus.org/u?f9c2470f

https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#low

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:4553

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1737283

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1748840

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1763435

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1766479

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1770379

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1793533

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1793979

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1796128

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1798046

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1808051

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1812894

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1816908

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1820112

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1823767

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1829798

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1829867

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1830861

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1831519

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1836024

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1838081

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1844465

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1872243

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 142403

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2020-4553.nasl

Version: 1.10

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/4/2020

Updated: 4/28/2024

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, 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:N/I:N/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-20386

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2.4

Temporal Score: 2.1

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:systemd, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:systemd-container, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:systemd-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:systemd-journal-remote, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:systemd-libs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:systemd-pam, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:systemd-tests, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:systemd-udev

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/4/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/21/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-20386

CWE: 400

RHSA: 2020:4553