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Scientific Linux Security Update : pesign on SL7.x x86_64 (2023:1093)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 172357

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Synopsis

The remote Scientific Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Scientific Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SLSA-2023:1093-1 advisory.

 - pesign: Local privilege escalation on pesign systemd service (CVE-2022-3560)

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 pesign and / or pesign-debuginfo packages.

See Also

https://www.scientificlinux.org/category/sl-errata/slsa-20231093-1

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 172357

File Name: sl_20230307_pesign_on_SL7_x.nasl

Version: 1.0

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 3/9/2023

Updated: 3/9/2023

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.6

Temporal Score: 3.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-3560

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 4.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:fermilab:scientific_linux, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:pesign-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:pesign

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: 3/7/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/31/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-3560