Detections
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RHEL 8 : krb5 (RHSA-2022:8639)
high Nessus Plugin ID 168218
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Synopsis
The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update.Description
The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2022:8639 advisory.- krb5: integer overflow vulnerabilities in PAC parsing (CVE-2022-42898)
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://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-42898
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 168218
File Name: redhat-RHSA-2022-8639.nasl
Version: 1.7
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks
Published: 11/28/2022
Updated: 9/29/2023
Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 6.7
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 9
Temporal Score: 7
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-42898
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 8.8
Temporal Score: 7.9
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/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:redhat:rhel_aus:8.4, cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_e4s:8.4, cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_eus:8.4, cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_tus:8.4, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:krb5-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:krb5-libs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:krb5-pkinit, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:krb5-server, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:krb5-server-ldap, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:krb5-workstation, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libkadm5
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: 11/28/2022
Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/15/2022
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2022-42898