CentOS 8 : container-tools:4.0 (CESA-2022:7469)

high Nessus Plugin ID 167172

Synopsis

The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote CentOS Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the CESA-2022:7469 advisory.

- cri-o: memory exhaustion on the node when access to the kube api (CVE-2022-1708)

- golang: crash in a golang.org/x/crypto/ssh server (CVE-2022-27191)

- runc: incorrect handling of inheritable capabilities (CVE-2022-29162)

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 affected packages.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:7469

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 167172

File Name: centos8_RHSA-2022-7469.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/9/2022

Updated: 10/5/2023

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.6

Temporal Score: 3.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-29162

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:centos:centos:8-stream, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:aardvark-dns, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:buildah, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:buildah-tests, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:cockpit-podman, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:conmon, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:container-selinux, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:containernetworking-plugins, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:containers-common, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:crit, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:criu, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:criu-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:criu-libs, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:crun, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:fuse-overlayfs, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libslirp, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libslirp-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:netavark, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:oci-seccomp-bpf-hook, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:podman, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:podman-catatonit, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:podman-docker, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:podman-gvproxy, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:podman-plugins, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:podman-remote, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:podman-tests, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:python3-criu, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:python3-podman, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:runc, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:skopeo, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:skopeo-tests, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:slirp4netns, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:toolbox, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:toolbox-tests, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:udica

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/CentOS/release, Host/CentOS/rpm-list, Host/cpu

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/8/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/18/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-1708, CVE-2022-27191, CVE-2022-29162

RHSA: 2022:7469