CentOS 8 : cryptsetup (CESA-2020:4542)

high Nessus Plugin ID 145904

Synopsis

The remote CentOS host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote CentOS Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the CESA-2020:4542 advisory.

- cryptsetup: Out-of-bounds write when validating segments (CVE-2020-14382)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:4542

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 145904

File Name: centos8_RHSA-2020-4542.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/1/2021

Updated: 3/23/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-14382

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:centos:centos:8, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:cryptsetup, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:cryptsetup-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:cryptsetup-libs, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:cryptsetup-reencrypt, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:integritysetup, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:veritysetup

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/CentOS/release, Host/CentOS/rpm-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/4/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/16/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-14382

RHSA: 2020:4542