GLSA-202210-23 : libksba: Remote Code Execution

high Nessus Plugin ID 166725

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Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-202210-23 (libksba: Remote Code Execution)

 - libksba: integer overflow may lead to remote code execution (CVE-2022-3515)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

All libksba users should upgrade to the latest version:

 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose >=dev-libs/libksba-1.6.2

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202210-23

https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=877453

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 166725

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-202210-23.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Published: 10/31/2022

Updated: 2/10/2023

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-3515

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.1

Temporal Score: 7.1

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:libksba, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/31/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/26/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-3515

IAVA: 2023-A-0072