CentOS 8 : pcre (CESA-2021:4373)

high Nessus Plugin ID 155050

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Synopsis

The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote CentOS Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the CESA-2021:4373 advisory.

- pcre: Buffer over-read in JIT when UTF is disabled and \X or \R has fixed quantifier greater than 1 (CVE-2019-20838)

- pcre: Integer overflow when parsing callout numeric arguments (CVE-2020-14155)

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.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 155050

File Name: centos8_RHSA-2021-4373.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: CentOS Local Security Checks

Published: 11/11/2021

Updated: 11/24/2023

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 4.1

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-14155

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 7

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

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-20838

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:centos:centos:8-stream, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:pcre, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:pcre-cpp, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:pcre-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:pcre-static, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:pcre-utf16, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:pcre-utf32

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/9/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/15/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-20838, CVE-2020-14155

IAVA: 2021-A-0058

RHSA: 2021:4373

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