RHEL 8 : pcre2 (RHSA-2022:5809)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 163792

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Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update for pcre2.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2022:5809 advisory.

- pcre2: Out-of-bounds read in compile_xclass_matchingpath in pcre2_jit_compile.c (CVE-2022-1586)

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 RHEL pcre2 package based on the guidance in RHSA-2022:5809.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 163792

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2022-5809.nasl

Version: 1.8

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 8/3/2022

Updated: 4/21/2024

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, 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-2022-1586

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:8, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:pcre2, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:pcre2-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:pcre2-tools, 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: 8/3/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/11/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-1586

CWE: 125

RHSA: 2022:5809

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