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CentOS 7 : aide (CESA-2022:0473)

high Nessus Plugin ID 157453

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Synopsis

The remote CentOS Linux host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote CentOS Linux 7 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the CESA-2022:0473 advisory.

 - aide: heap-based buffer overflow on outputs larger than B64_BUF (CVE-2021-45417)

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 aide package.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?bea02ad4

https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/119.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 157453

File Name: centos_RHSA-2022-0473.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/8/2022

Updated: 11/13/2023

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 5.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-45417

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:aide, cpe:/o:centos:centos:7

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/8/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/20/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-45417

CWE: 119

RHSA: 2022:0473