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RHEL 9 : pcre2 (RHSA-2022:5251)
critical Nessus Plugin ID 162663
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Synopsis
The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates for pcre2.Description
The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2022:5251 advisory.- pcre2: Out-of-bounds read in compile_xclass_matchingpath in pcre2_jit_compile.c (CVE-2022-1586)
- pcre2: Out-of-bounds read in get_recurse_data_length in pcre2_jit_compile.c (CVE-2022-1587)
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 RHEL pcre2 package based on the guidance in RHSA-2022:5251.See Also
http://www.nessus.org/u?630aaedc
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:5251
Plugin Details
Severity: Critical
ID: 162663
File Name: redhat-RHSA-2022-5251.nasl
Version: 1.8
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks
Published: 7/1/2022
Updated: 4/28/2024
Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 6.0
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 6.4
Temporal Score: 4.7
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-1587
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Critical
Base Score: 9.1
Temporal Score: 7.9
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:pcre2, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:pcre2-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:pcre2-syntax, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:pcre2-utf16, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:pcre2-utf32
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/cpu
Exploit Available: true
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 7/1/2022
Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/11/2022
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2022-1586, CVE-2022-1587