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RHEL 8 : rpm (RHSA-2021:4489)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 155087
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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-2021:4489 advisory.- rpm: missing length checks in hdrblobInit() (CVE-2021-20266)
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://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1927741
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:4489
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1840142
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1938928
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1996665
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#low
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 155087
File Name: redhat-RHSA-2021-4489.nasl
Version: 1.7
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks
Published: 11/11/2021
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: Low
Score: 3.6
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 4
Temporal Score: 3
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-20266
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 4.9
Temporal Score: 4.3
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python3-rpm, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rpm, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rpm-apidocs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rpm-build, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rpm-build-libs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rpm-cron, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rpm-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rpm-libs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rpm-plugin-fapolicyd, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rpm-plugin-ima, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rpm-plugin-prioreset, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rpm-plugin-selinux, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rpm-plugin-syslog, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rpm-plugin-systemd-inhibit, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rpm-sign
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: 11/9/2021
Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/22/2021
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2021-20266