RHEL 7 : gzip (RHSA-2022:2191)

high Nessus Plugin ID 161073

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2022:2191 advisory.

- gzip: arbitrary-file-write vulnerability (CVE-2022-1271)

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 gzip package.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-1271

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:2191

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2073310

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 161073

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2022-2191.nasl

Version: 1.9

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 5/12/2022

Updated: 5/25/2023

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9

Temporal Score: 6.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-1271

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gzip

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: 5/11/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/19/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-1271

CWE: 1173, 179, 20

RHSA: 2022:2191