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RHEL 6 : redhat-support-plugin-rhev (RHSA-2016:0426)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 89861

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Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update.

Description

Updated redhat-support-plugin-rhev packages that fix a security flaw and a bug are now available.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having Important security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base scores, which give detailed severity ratings, are available for each vulnerability from the CVE links in the References section.

The Red Hat Support plug-in for Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization offers seamless integrated access to Red Hat subscription services from the Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization administration portal. The plug-in provides automated functionality that enables quicker help, answers, and proactive services. It offers easy and instant access to Red Hat exclusive knowledge, resources, engagement, and diagnostic features.

It was found that redhat-support-plugin-rhev passed a user-specified path and file name directly to the command line in the log viewer component. This could allow users with the SuperUser role on any Entity to execute arbitrary commands on any host in the RHEV environment. (CVE-2015-7544)

All Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Manager users are advised to upgrade to these updated packages.

Solution

Update the affected redhat-support-plugin-rhev package.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:0426

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2015-7544

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 89861

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2016-0426.nasl

Version: 2.11

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 3/11/2016

Updated: 10/24/2019

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.5

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9

Temporal Score: 6.7

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.1

Temporal Score: 7.9

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/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:redhat-support-plugin-rhev, 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: 3/9/2016

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/25/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-7544

RHSA: 2016:0426