In certain situations it is possible for an unmanaged rule to exist on the target system that has the same comment as the rule specified in the manifest. This could allow for unmanaged rules to exist on the target system and leave the system in an unsafe state.

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

  - In certain situations it is possible for an unmanaged rule to exist on the target system that has the same     comment as the rule specified in the manifest. This could allow for unmanaged rules to exist on the target     system and leave the system in an unsafe state. (CVE-2022-0675)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2022:8869 advisory.

    Manages Firewalls such as iptables

    Security Fix(es):

    * unmanaged rules could leave system in an unsafe state via duplicate     comment (CVE-2022-0675)

    For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS     score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE     page listed in the References section.

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.

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2022:5116 advisory.

    Manages Firewalls such as iptables

    Security Fix(es):

    * unmanaged rules could leave system in an unsafe state via duplicate     comment (CVE-2022-0675)

    For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS     score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE     page listed in the References section.

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.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
230060	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2022-0675	Nessus	Misc.	critical
170367	RHEL 8 : Red Hat OpenStack Platform 16.1.9 (puppet-firewall) (RHSA-2022:8869)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	critical
162486	RHEL 8 : Red Hat OpenStack Platform 16.2 (puppet-firewall) (RHSA-2022:5116)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	critical

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CVE-2022-0675

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