RHEL 8 : prometheus-jmx-exporter (RHSA-2022:9058)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 168925

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update for prometheus-jmx-exporter.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2022:9058 advisory.

- SnakeYaml: Constructor Deserialization Remote Code Execution (CVE-2022-1471)

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 prometheus-jmx-exporter package based on the guidance in RHSA-2022:9058.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?d8f1ff22

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-1471

https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2150009

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:9058

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 168925

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2022-9058.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 12/19/2022

Updated: 4/28/2024

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-1471

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/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:enterprise_linux:8, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:prometheus-jmx-exporter, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:prometheus-jmx-exporter-openjdk11, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:prometheus-jmx-exporter-openjdk17, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:prometheus-jmx-exporter-openjdk8

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: 12/15/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/1/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-1471

CWE: 502

RHSA: 2022:9058