CentOS 8 : linuxptp (CESA-2021:2660)

high Nessus Plugin ID 151431

Synopsis

The remote CentOS host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote CentOS Linux 8 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the CESA-2021:2660 advisory.

- linuxptp: missing length check of forwarded messages (CVE-2021-3570)

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 linuxptp package.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:2660

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 151431

File Name: centos8_RHSA-2021-2660.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/7/2021

Updated: 7/14/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8

Temporal Score: 5.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-3570

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/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:centos:centos:8, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:linuxptp

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/6/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/6/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-3570

RHSA: 2021:2660