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CentOS 7 : zlib (CESA-2022:2213)

high Nessus Plugin ID 161194

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Synopsis

The remote CentOS Linux host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote CentOS Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the CESA-2022:2213 advisory.

 - zlib: A flaw found in zlib when compressing (not decompressing) certain inputs (CVE-2018-25032)

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

http://www.nessus.org/u?bcd58a67

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

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 161194

File Name: centos_RHSA-2022-2213.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 5/13/2022

Updated: 10/27/2023

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 4.1

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-25032

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:minizip, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:minizip-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:zlib, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:zlib-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:zlib-static, 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: 5/13/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/25/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-25032

CWE: 119

RHSA: 2022:2213