Oracle Linux 9 : libksba (ELSA-2023-0626)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 171115

Synopsis

The remote Oracle Linux host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ELSA-2023-0626 advisory.

- Libksba before 1.6.3 is prone to an integer overflow vulnerability in the CRL signature parser.
(CVE-2022-47629)

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 libksba and / or libksba-devel packages.

See Also

https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2023-0626.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 171115

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2023-0626.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/8/2023

Updated: 9/15/2023

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-47629

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

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:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:oracle:linux:9, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libksba, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libksba-devel

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/8/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/20/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-47629

IAVA: 2023-A-0072