RHEL 9 : bash (RHSA-2023:0340)

high Nessus Plugin ID 170401

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update for bash.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2023:0340 advisory.

- bash: a heap-buffer-overflow in valid_parameter_transform (CVE-2022-3715)

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 bash package based on the guidance in RHSA-2023:0340.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?b02e23f2

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-3715

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

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2126720

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:0340

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 170401

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2023-0340.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/23/2023

Updated: 4/28/2024

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: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-3715

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/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:enterprise_linux:9, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:bash, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:bash-devel

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: 1/23/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/5/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-3715

CWE: 787

RHSA: 2023:0340