Oracle Linux 9 : keylime (ELSA-2022-8444)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 168174

Synopsis

The remote Oracle Linux host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ELSA-2022-8444 advisory.

- A vulnerability was found in keylime. This security issue happens in some circumstances, due to some improperly handled exceptions, there exists the possibility that a rogue agent could create errors on the verifier that stopped attestation attempts for that host leaving it in an attested state but not verifying that anymore. (CVE-2022-3500)

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 affected packages.

See Also

https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2022-8444.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 168174

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2022-8444.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/24/2022

Updated: 11/30/2022

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4

Temporal Score: 3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-3500

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.1

Temporal Score: 4.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:oracle:linux:9, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:keylime, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:keylime-base, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:keylime-registrar, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:keylime-selinux, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:keylime-tenant, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:keylime-verifier, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:python3-keylime

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/OracleLinux

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/24/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/15/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-3500