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RHEL 8 : wpa_supplicant (RHSA-2021:0816)
high Nessus Plugin ID 147809
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Synopsis
The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update for wpa_supplicant.Description
The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2021:0816 advisory.- wpa_supplicant: Use-after-free in P2P provision discovery processing (CVE-2021-27803)
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 RHEL wpa_supplicant package based on the guidance in RHSA-2021:0816.See Also
http://www.nessus.org/u?98e3b864
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 147809
File Name: redhat-RHSA-2021-0816.nasl
Version: 1.12
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks
Published: 3/15/2021
Updated: 4/28/2024
Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 5.9
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 5.4
Temporal Score: 4
Vector: CVSS2#AV:A/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-27803
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.5
Temporal Score: 6.5
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_eus:8.2, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:wpa_supplicant
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/cpu
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 3/15/2021
Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/26/2021
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2021-27803