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RHEL 8 : gcc-toolset-12-binutils (RHSA-2023:2873)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 175833

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Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update for gcc-toolset-12-binutils.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2023:2873 advisory.

 - An illegal memory access flaw was found in the binutils package. Parsing an ELF file containing corrupt symbol version information may result in a denial of service. This issue is the result of an incomplete fix for CVE-2020-16599. (CVE-2022-4285)

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 gcc-toolset-12-binutils package based on the guidance in RHSA-2023:2873.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-4285

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:2873

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 175833

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2023-2873.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 5/16/2023

Updated: 1/26/2024

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.9

Temporal Score: 3.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-4285

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8, cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_aus:8.8, cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_e4s:8.8, cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_eus:8.8, cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_tus:8.8, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gcc-toolset-12-binutils, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gcc-toolset-12-binutils-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gcc-toolset-12-binutils-gold

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: 5/16/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/3/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-4285

CWE: 476

RHSA: 2023:2873