RHEL 7 : xz (RHSA-2022:5052)

high Nessus Plugin ID 162298

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2022:5052 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 packages.

See Also

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

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:5052

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2073310

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 162298

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2022-5052.nasl

Version: 1.9

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/15/2022

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:xz, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:xz-compat-libs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:xz-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:xz-libs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:xz-lzma-compat

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: 6/15/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/19/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-1271

CWE: 1173, 179, 20

RHSA: 2022:5052