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Scientific Linux Security Update : pcs on SL6.x i386/srpm/x86_64 (20150512)

2015-05-1400:00:00
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5

6.8 Medium

CVSS2

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

MEDIUM

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

PARTIAL

Integrity Impact

PARTIAL

Availability Impact

PARTIAL

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

0.026 Low

EPSS

Percentile

90.3%

It was found that the pcs daemon did not sign cookies containing session data that were sent to clients connecting via the pcsd web UI.
A remote attacker could use this flaw to forge cookies and bypass authorization checks, possibly gaining elevated privileges in the pcsd web UI. Note: the pcsd web UI is not enabled by default.
(CVE-2015-1848)

This update also fixes the following bug :

  • When the IPv6 protocol was disabled on a system, starting the pcsd daemon on this system previously failed. This update adds the ability for pcsd to fall back to IPv4 when IPv6 is not available. As a result, pcsd starts properly and uses IPv4 if IPv6 is disabled.

After installing the updated packages, the pcsd daemon will be restarted automatically.

#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 70300
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text is (C) Scientific Linux.
#

include('deprecated_nasl_level.inc');
include('compat.inc');

if (description)
{
  script_id(83453);
  script_version("2.5");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2021/01/14");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2015-1848");

  script_name(english:"Scientific Linux Security Update : pcs on SL6.x i386/srpm/x86_64 (20150512)");
  script_summary(english:"Checks rpm output for the updated packages");

  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"synopsis", 
    value:
"The remote Scientific Linux host is missing one or more security
updates."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"description", 
    value:
"It was found that the pcs daemon did not sign cookies containing
session data that were sent to clients connecting via the pcsd web UI.
A remote attacker could use this flaw to forge cookies and bypass
authorization checks, possibly gaining elevated privileges in the pcsd
web UI. Note: the pcsd web UI is not enabled by default.
(CVE-2015-1848)

This update also fixes the following bug :

  - When the IPv6 protocol was disabled on a system,
    starting the pcsd daemon on this system previously
    failed. This update adds the ability for pcsd to fall
    back to IPv4 when IPv6 is not available. As a result,
    pcsd starts properly and uses IPv4 if IPv6 is disabled.

After installing the updated packages, the pcsd daemon will be
restarted automatically."
  );
  # https://listserv.fnal.gov/scripts/wa.exe?A2=ind1505&L=scientific-linux-errata&T=0&P=1737
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?87ccf33f"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"solution", 
    value:"Update the affected pcs and / or pcs-debuginfo packages."
  );
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:pcs");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:pcs-debuginfo");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"x-cpe:/o:fermilab:scientific_linux");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2015/05/14");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2015/05/12");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2015/05/14");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2015-2021 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
  script_family(english:"Scientific Linux Local Security Checks");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/cpu", "Host/RedHat/release", "Host/RedHat/rpm-list");

  exit(0);
}


include("audit.inc");
include("global_settings.inc");
include("misc_func.inc");
include("rpm.inc");

if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
release = get_kb_item("Host/RedHat/release");
if (isnull(release) || "Scientific Linux " >!< release) audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, "running Scientific Linux");
os_ver = pregmatch(pattern: "Scientific Linux.*release ([0-9]+(\.[0-9]+)?)", string:release);
if (isnull(os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_APP_VER, "Scientific Linux");
os_ver = os_ver[1];
if (! preg(pattern:"^6([^0-9]|$)", string:os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Scientific Linux 6.x", "Scientific Linux " + os_ver);
if (!get_kb_item("Host/RedHat/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);

cpu = get_kb_item("Host/cpu");
if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
if (cpu >!< "x86_64" && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$") audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, "Scientific Linux", cpu);


flag = 0;
if (rpm_check(release:"SL6", reference:"pcs-0.9.123-9.el6_6.2")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SL6", reference:"pcs-debuginfo-0.9.123-9.el6_6.2")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SL6", reference:"pcs-debuginfo-0.9.123-9.el6_6.2")) flag++;


if (flag)
{
  security_report_v4(
    port       : 0,
    severity   : SECURITY_WARNING,
    extra      : rpm_report_get()
  );
  exit(0);
}
else
{
  tested = pkg_tests_get();
  if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
  else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "pcs / pcs-debuginfo");
}
VendorProductVersionCPE
fermilabscientific_linuxpcsp-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:pcs
fermilabscientific_linuxpcs-debuginfop-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:pcs-debuginfo
fermilabscientific_linuxx-cpe:/o:fermilab:scientific_linux

6.8 Medium

CVSS2

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

MEDIUM

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

PARTIAL

Integrity Impact

PARTIAL

Availability Impact

PARTIAL

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

0.026 Low

EPSS

Percentile

90.3%