RHEL 8 : binutils (RHSA-2021:4602)

high Nessus Plugin ID 155074

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2021:4602 advisory.

- Developer environment: Unicode's bidirectional (BiDi) override characters can cause trojan source attacks (CVE-2021-42574)

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 binutils and / or binutils-devel packages.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-42574

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:4602

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2005819

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 155074

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2021-4602.nasl

Version: 1.8

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/11/2021

Updated: 11/24/2023

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.3

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.1

Temporal Score: 4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-42574

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.3

Temporal Score: 7.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_e4s:8.1, cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_eus:8.1, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:binutils, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:binutils-devel

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/10/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/1/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-42574

CWE: 838

IAVA: 2021-A-0528

RHSA: 2021:4602