RHEL 6 : nss-pam-ldapd (RHSA-2013:0590)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 65007

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Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update for nss-pam-ldapd.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 6 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2013:0590 advisory.

- nss-pam-ldapd: FD_SET array index error, leading to stack-based buffer overflow (CVE-2013-0288)

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 RHEL nss-pam-ldapd package based on the guidance in RHSA-2013:0590.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 65007

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2013-0590.nasl

Version: 1.19

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 3/5/2013

Updated: 4/21/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2013-0288

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:nss-pam-ldapd, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6

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: 3/4/2013

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/5/2013

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2013-0288

BID: 58007

CWE: 121

RHSA: 2013:0590

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