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AlmaLinux 9 : pcre2 (ALSA-2022:5251)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 167708

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote AlmaLinux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALSA-2022:5251 advisory.

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://errata.almalinux.org/9/ALSA-2022-5251.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 167708

File Name: alma_linux_ALSA-2022-5251.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Published: 11/16/2022

Updated: 10/3/2023

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.4

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-1587

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.1

Temporal Score: 8.4

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:F/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:pcre2, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:pcre2-devel, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:pcre2-syntax, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:pcre2-utf16, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:pcre2-utf32, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::appstream, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::baseos

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/1/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/1/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-1586, CVE-2022-1587

CWE: 125