RHEL 6 : krb5 (RHSA-2022:8663)
high Nessus Plugin ID 168259
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Synopsis
The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update.Description
The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 6 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2022:8663 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: 168259
File Name: redhat-RHSA-2022-8663.nasl
Version: 1.4
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks
Published: 11/29/2022
Updated: 1/23/2023
Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 6.7
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 9
Temporal Score: 6.7
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
Temporal Vector: E:U/RL:OF/RC:C
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-42898
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 8.8
Temporal Score: 7.7
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Temporal Vector: E:U/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6, cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_els:6, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:krb5-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:krb5-libs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:krb5-pkinit-openssl, 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 Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 11/29/2022
Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/15/2022
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2022-42898