Executive Summary
| Summary | |
|---|---|
| Title | powerpc-utils-python security update |
| Informations | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Name | RHSA-2016:2607 | First vendor Publication | 2016-11-03 |
| Vendor | RedHat | Last vendor Modification | 2016-11-03 |
| Severity (Vendor) | N/A | Revision | 02 |
Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3
| Cvss vector : N/A | |||
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| Overall CVSS Score | NA | ||
| Base Score | NA | Environmental Score | NA |
| impact SubScore | NA | Temporal Score | NA |
| Exploitabality Sub Score | NA | ||
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2
| Cvss vector : (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Cvss Base Score | 10 | Attack Range | Network |
| Cvss Impact Score | 10 | Attack Complexity | Low |
| Cvss Expoit Score | 10 | Authentication | None Required |
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Detail
| Problem Description: An update for powerpc-utils-python is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section. 2. Relevant releases/architectures: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) - noarch 3. Description: The powerpc-utils-python packages provide Python-based utilities for maintaining and servicing PowerPC systems. Security Fix(es): * It was found that the amsvis command of the powerpc-utils-python package did not verify unpickled data before processing it. This could allow an attacker who can connect to an amsvis server process (or cause an amsvis client process to connect to them) to execute arbitrary code as the user running the amsvis process. (CVE-2014-8165) This issue was discovered by Dhiru Kholia of Red Hat Product Security. Additional Changes: For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.3 Release Notes linked from the References section. 4. Solution: For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 5. Bugs fixed (https://bugzilla.redhat.com/): 1073139 - CVE-2014-8165 powerpc-utils-python: arbitrary code execution due to unpickling untrusted input |
Original Source
| Url : https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2607.html |
CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration
| % | Id | Name |
|---|---|---|
| 100 % | CWE-345 | Insufficient Verification of Data Authenticity |
CPE : Common Platform Enumeration
| Type | Description | Count |
|---|---|---|
| Application | 1 |
Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 2015-04-22 | Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update. File : fedora_2015-4212.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2015-04-10 | Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update. File : fedora_2015-4143.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2015-04-10 | Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update. File : fedora_2015-4201.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
Alert History
| Date | Informations |
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| 2016-11-03 13:22:42 |
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