Patchelf v0.9 was discovered to contain an out-of-bounds read via the function modifyRPath at src/patchelf.cc.

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

  - Patchelf v0.9 was discovered to contain an out-of-bounds read via the function modifyRPath at     src/patchelf.cc. (CVE-2022-44940)

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

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

  - Patchelf v0.9 was discovered to contain an out-of-bounds read via the function modifyRPath at
    src/patchelf.cc. (CVE-2022-44940)

The remote Ubuntu 22.04 ESM host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-6036-1 advisory.

    It was discovered that PatchELF was not properly performing bounds checks, which could lead to an out-of-     bounds read via a specially crafted file. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of     service or to expose sensitive information. (CVE-2022-44940)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu 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
258846	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2022-44940	Nessus	Misc.	critical
421759	SCA: security update for patchelf (GHSA-5pcj-3m26-w633)	Tenable Cloud Security	SCA Checks	high
421759	SCA: security update for patchelf (GHSA-5pcj-3m26-w633)	Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security	SCA Checks	high
174610	Ubuntu 22.04 ESM : PatchELF vulnerability (USN-6036-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	critical

Detections

Analytics

CVE-2022-44940

high

Tenable Plugins

critical

high

high

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