RHEL 9 : mingw-glib2 (RHSA-2022:8418)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 167535

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Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update for mingw-glib2.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2022:8418 advisory.

- glib: g_file_replace() with G_FILE_CREATE_REPLACE_DESTINATION creates empty target for dangling symlink (CVE-2021-28153)

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 mingw-glib2 package based on the guidance in RHSA-2022:8418.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 167535

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2022-8418.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 11/15/2022

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: Low

Score: 2.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-28153

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.3

Temporal Score: 4.8

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:mingw-glib2, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:mingw32-glib2, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:mingw32-glib2-static, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:mingw64-glib2, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:mingw64-glib2-static

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: 11/15/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/11/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-28153

CWE: 59

RHSA: 2022:8418

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