RHEL 9 : openvswitch2.17 (RHSA-2023:1769)

high Nessus Plugin ID 174269

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Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update for openvswitch2.17.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2023:1769 advisory.

- openvswitch: ip proto 0 triggers incorrect handling (CVE-2023-1668)

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 openvswitch2.17 package based on the guidance in RHSA-2023:1769.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 174269

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2023-1769.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 4/13/2023

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: 5.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.5

Temporal Score: 6.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-1668

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.2

Temporal Score: 7.1

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:openvswitch2.17, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:openvswitch2.17-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:openvswitch2.17-ipsec, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:openvswitch2.17-test, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python3-openvswitch2.17

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: 4/13/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/10/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-1668

CWE: 670

RHSA: 2023:1769

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