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RHEL 7 : powerpc-utils (RHSA-2015:0384)

🗓️ 15 Apr 2025 00:00:00Reported by TenableType 
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RHEL 7 powerpc-utils upgrade fixes security flaw and multiple bugs in device management utilities.

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CVE-2014-4040
17 Jun 201415:00
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CVE-2014-4040
17 Jun 201415:00
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Debian CVE
CVE-2014-4040
17 Jun 201415:00
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EUVD
EUVD-2014-3971
7 Oct 202500:30
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Security Bulletin: PowerKVM is affected by ppc64-diag and powerpc-utils vulnerabilities (Multiple CVEs)
18 Jun 201801:28
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CVE-2014-4040
17 Jun 201415:55
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OpenVAS
SUSE: Security Advisory (SUSE-SU-2014:1211-1)
9 Jun 202100:00
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OpenVAS
SUSE: Security Advisory (SUSE-SU-2015:0232-1)
19 Apr 202100:00
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OSV
DEBIAN-CVE-2014-4040
17 Jun 201415:55
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OSV
RHSA-2015:0384 Red Hat Security Advisory: powerpc-utils security, bug fix, and enhancement update
15 Sep 202421:57
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  script_xref(name:"RHSA", value:"2015:0384");

  script_name(english:"RHEL 7 : powerpc-utils (RHSA-2015:0384)");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in
the RHSA-2015:0384 advisory.

    The powerpc-utils packages provide various utilities for the PowerPC platform.

    A flaw was found in the way the snap utility of powerpc-utils generated an archive containing a
    configuration snapshot of a service. A local attacker could obtain sensitive information from the
    generated archive such as plain text passwords. (CVE-2014-4040)

    The powerpc-utils packages have been upgraded to the upstream version 1.2.24, which provides a number of
    bug fixes and enhancements over the previous version. (BZ#1088539, BZ#1167865, BZ#1161552)

    This update also fixes the following bugs:

    * Previously, the lsdevinfo command did not correctly process the path to the device, which made the path
    unreadable in the console output of lsdevinfo. With this update, lsdevinfo has been updated and the path
    is now displayed correctly. (BZ#1079246)

    * Previously, after migrating several Linux partitions, Resource Monitoring and Control (RMC) was inactive
    and Machine Type, Model, and Serial number (MTMS) were set incorrectly, so the subsequent validation
    operation failed. This bug has been fixed, and validation is now successful after migration and suspend.
    (BZ#1083221)

    * Previously, when the drmgr tool attempted to remove the last CPU from the system, drmgr became
    unresponsive or terminated unexpectedly. This bug has been fixed, and drmgr no longer hangs or crashes in
    the described case. (BZ#1152313)

    * With this update, the drmgr utility has been fixed to correctly gather Logical Memory Block (LMB)
    information while performing Mem Dynamic Logical Partitioning (DLPAR) on little-endian varian of IBM Power
    Systems CPU architecture as expected (BZ#1170856).

    * Previously, the ppc64_cpu --threads-per-core command returned incorrect data with the --smt option
    enabled. This bug has been fixed and ppc64_cpu --threads-per-core now reports correctly with enabled
    --smt. (BZ#1179263)

    In addition, this update adds the following enhancements:

    * This update adds support for the Red Hat Enterprise Linux for POWER, little endian CPU architecture to
    the powerpc-utils package. (BZ#1124006)

    * This update adds support for hot plugging of the qemu virtio device with the drmgr command to the
    powerpc-utils package.(BZ#1083791)

    * The deprecated snap tool has been removed from the powerpc-utils packages. Its functionality has been
    integrated into the sosreport tool. (BZ#1172087)

    * With this update, a dependency on the perl-Data-Dumper package required by the rtas_dump utility has
    been added to powerpc-utils packages. (BZ#1175812)

    Users of powerpc-utils are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which correct these issues and
    add these enhancements.

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.");
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  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015:0384");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
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  script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C");
  script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N");
  script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2014-4040");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false");
  script_cwe_id(200);
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vendor_severity", value:"Low");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2014/06/13");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2015/03/05");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2025/04/15");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
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  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
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  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl", "redhat_repos.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/RedHat/release", "Host/RedHat/rpm-list", "Host/cpu");

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include('rpm.inc');
include('rhel.inc');

if (!get_kb_item('Host/local_checks_enabled')) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
var os_release = get_kb_item('Host/RedHat/release');
if (isnull(os_release) || 'Red Hat' >!< os_release) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'Red Hat');
var os_ver = pregmatch(pattern: "Red Hat Enterprise Linux.*release ([0-9]+(\.[0-9]+)?)", string:os_release);
if (isnull(os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_APP_VER, 'Red Hat');
os_ver = os_ver[1];
if (!rhel_check_release(operator: 'ge', os_version: os_ver, rhel_version: '7')) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'Red Hat 7.x', 'Red Hat ' + os_ver);

if (!get_kb_item('Host/RedHat/rpm-list')) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);

var cpu = get_kb_item('Host/cpu');
if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
if ('x86_64' >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$" && 's390' >!< cpu && 'aarch64' >!< cpu && 'ppc' >!< cpu) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, 'Red Hat', cpu);

var constraints = [
  {
    'repo_relative_urls': [
      'content/dist/rhel-alt/server/7/7Server/power9/ppc64le/debug',
      'content/dist/rhel-alt/server/7/7Server/power9/ppc64le/optional/debug',
      'content/dist/rhel-alt/server/7/7Server/power9/ppc64le/optional/os',
      'content/dist/rhel-alt/server/7/7Server/power9/ppc64le/optional/source/SRPMS',
      'content/dist/rhel-alt/server/7/7Server/power9/ppc64le/os',
      'content/dist/rhel-alt/server/7/7Server/power9/ppc64le/source/SRPMS',
      'content/dist/rhel/power-le/7/7.9/ppc64le/debug',
      'content/dist/rhel/power-le/7/7.9/ppc64le/highavailability/debug',
      'content/dist/rhel/power-le/7/7.9/ppc64le/highavailability/os',
      'content/dist/rhel/power-le/7/7.9/ppc64le/highavailability/source/SRPMS',
      'content/dist/rhel/power-le/7/7.9/ppc64le/optional/debug',
      'content/dist/rhel/power-le/7/7.9/ppc64le/optional/os',
      'content/dist/rhel/power-le/7/7.9/ppc64le/optional/source/SRPMS',
      'content/dist/rhel/power-le/7/7.9/ppc64le/os',
      'content/dist/rhel/power-le/7/7.9/ppc64le/resilientstorage/debug',
      'content/dist/rhel/power-le/7/7.9/ppc64le/resilientstorage/os',
      'content/dist/rhel/power-le/7/7.9/ppc64le/resilientstorage/source/SRPMS',
      'content/dist/rhel/power-le/7/7.9/ppc64le/source/SRPMS',
      'content/dist/rhel/power-le/7/7Server/ppc64le/debug',
      'content/dist/rhel/power-le/7/7Server/ppc64le/highavailability/debug',
      'content/dist/rhel/power-le/7/7Server/ppc64le/highavailability/os',
      'content/dist/rhel/power-le/7/7Server/ppc64le/highavailability/source/SRPMS',
      'content/dist/rhel/power-le/7/7Server/ppc64le/optional/debug',
      'content/dist/rhel/power-le/7/7Server/ppc64le/optional/os',
      'content/dist/rhel/power-le/7/7Server/ppc64le/optional/source/SRPMS',
      'content/dist/rhel/power-le/7/7Server/ppc64le/os',
      'content/dist/rhel/power-le/7/7Server/ppc64le/resilientstorage/debug',
      'content/dist/rhel/power-le/7/7Server/ppc64le/resilientstorage/os',
      'content/dist/rhel/power-le/7/7Server/ppc64le/resilientstorage/source/SRPMS',
      'content/dist/rhel/power-le/7/7Server/ppc64le/source/SRPMS',
      'content/dist/rhel/power/7/7.9/ppc64/debug',
      'content/dist/rhel/power/7/7.9/ppc64/optional/debug',
      'content/dist/rhel/power/7/7.9/ppc64/optional/os',
      'content/dist/rhel/power/7/7.9/ppc64/optional/source/SRPMS',
      'content/dist/rhel/power/7/7.9/ppc64/os',
      'content/dist/rhel/power/7/7.9/ppc64/source/SRPMS',
      'content/dist/rhel/power/7/7Server/ppc64/debug',
      'content/dist/rhel/power/7/7Server/ppc64/optional/debug',
      'content/dist/rhel/power/7/7Server/ppc64/optional/os',
      'content/dist/rhel/power/7/7Server/ppc64/optional/source/SRPMS',
      'content/dist/rhel/power/7/7Server/ppc64/os',
      'content/dist/rhel/power/7/7Server/ppc64/source/SRPMS',
      'content/fastrack/rhel/power/7/ppc64/debug',
      'content/fastrack/rhel/power/7/ppc64/optional/debug',
      'content/fastrack/rhel/power/7/ppc64/optional/os',
      'content/fastrack/rhel/power/7/ppc64/optional/source/SRPMS',
      'content/fastrack/rhel/power/7/ppc64/os',
      'content/fastrack/rhel/power/7/ppc64/source/SRPMS'
    ],
    'pkgs': [
      {'reference':'powerpc-utils-1.2.24-7.el7', 'cpu':'ppc64', 'release':'7', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE}
    ]
  }
];

var applicable_repo_urls = rhel_determine_applicable_repository_urls(constraints:constraints);
if(applicable_repo_urls == RHEL_REPOS_NO_OVERLAP_MESSAGE) exit(0, RHEL_REPO_NOT_ENABLED);

var flag = 0;
foreach var constraint_array ( constraints ) {
  var repo_relative_urls = NULL;
  if (!empty_or_null(constraint_array['repo_relative_urls'])) repo_relative_urls = constraint_array['repo_relative_urls'];
  foreach var pkg ( constraint_array['pkgs'] ) {
    var reference = NULL;
    var _release = NULL;
    var sp = NULL;
    var _cpu = NULL;
    var el_string = NULL;
    var rpm_spec_vers_cmp = NULL;
    var epoch = NULL;
    var allowmaj = NULL;
    var exists_check = NULL;
    var cves = NULL;
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['reference'])) reference = pkg['reference'];
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['release'])) _release = 'RHEL' + pkg['release'];
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['sp'])) sp = pkg['sp'];
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['cpu'])) _cpu = pkg['cpu'];
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['el_string'])) el_string = pkg['el_string'];
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['rpm_spec_vers_cmp'])) rpm_spec_vers_cmp = pkg['rpm_spec_vers_cmp'];
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['epoch'])) epoch = pkg['epoch'];
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['allowmaj'])) allowmaj = pkg['allowmaj'];
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['exists_check'])) exists_check = pkg['exists_check'];
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['cves'])) cves = pkg['cves'];
    if (reference &&
        _release &&
        rhel_decide_repo_relative_url_check(required_repo_url_list:repo_relative_urls) &&
        (applicable_repo_urls || (!exists_check || rpm_exists(release:_release, rpm:exists_check))) &&
        rpm_check(release:_release, sp:sp, cpu:_cpu, reference:reference, epoch:epoch, el_string:el_string, rpm_spec_vers_cmp:rpm_spec_vers_cmp, allowmaj:allowmaj, cves:cves)) flag++;
  }
}

if (flag)
{
  var extra = NULL;
  if (isnull(applicable_repo_urls) || !applicable_repo_urls) extra = rpm_report_get() + redhat_report_repo_caveat();
  else extra = rpm_report_get();
  security_report_v4(
      port       : 0,
      severity   : SECURITY_WARNING,
      extra      : extra
  );
  exit(0);
}
else
{
  var tested = pkg_tests_get();
  if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
  else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, 'powerpc-utils');
}

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15 Apr 2025 00:00Current
5.7Medium risk
Vulners AI Score5.7
CVSS 25
EPSS0.00373
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