RHEL 8 : rsync (RHSA-2022:6180)

high Nessus Plugin ID 164411

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2022:6180 advisory.

- rsync: remote arbitrary files write inside the directories of connecting peers (CVE-2022-29154)

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 rsync package based on the guidance in RHSA-2022:6180.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?9504d9d6

https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:6180

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2110928

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 164411

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2022-6180.nasl

Version: 1.10

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 8/25/2022

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: High

Base Score: 7.1

Temporal Score: 5.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-29154

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.4

Temporal Score: 6.7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rsync, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rsync-daemon

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: 8/24/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/2/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-29154

CWE: 22

RHSA: 2022:6180