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Fedora 35 : krb5 (2022-88cefef88c)

high Nessus Plugin ID 169206

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Fedora 35 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the FEDORA-2022-88cefef88c advisory.

 - krb5: integer overflow vulnerabilities in PAC parsing (CVE-2022-42898)

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 krb5 package.

See Also

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2022-88cefef88c

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 169206

File Name: fedora_2022-88cefef88c.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 12/23/2022

Updated: 9/29/2023

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, 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:fedoraproject:fedora:35, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:krb5

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/16/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/15/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-42898