RHEL 8 : cockpit (RHSA-2022:2008)

high Nessus Plugin ID 161011

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2022:2008 advisory.

- cockpit: pages vulnerable to clickjacking (CVE-2021-3660)

- cockpit: authenticates with revoked certificates (CVE-2021-3698)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?9341665d

http://www.nessus.org/u?daecf91f

https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:2008

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1792270

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1980688

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1992149

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2004041

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2008208

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2016998

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2018382

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2018384

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2018417

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2029982

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2056386

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 161011

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2022-2008.nasl

Version: 1.8

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 5/11/2022

Updated: 4/28/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-3698

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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

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:cockpit, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:cockpit-bridge, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:cockpit-doc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:cockpit-system, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:cockpit-ws

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: 5/10/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/25/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-3660, CVE-2021-3698

CWE: 1021, 295

RHSA: 2022:2008