RHEL 8 : gssntlmssp (RHSA-2023:3097)

high Nessus Plugin ID 175842

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Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates for gssntlmssp.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2023:3097 advisory.

- gssntlmssp: multiple out-of-bounds read when decoding NTLM fields (CVE-2023-25563)

- gssntlmssp: memory corruption when decoding UTF16 strings (CVE-2023-25564)

- gssntlmssp: incorrect free when decoding target information (CVE-2023-25565)

- gssntlmssp: memory leak when parsing usernames (CVE-2023-25566)

- gssntlmssp: out-of-bounds read when decoding target information (CVE-2023-25567)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the RHEL gssntlmssp package based on the guidance in RHSA-2023:3097.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 175842

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2023-3097.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 5/16/2023

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: 4.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.5

Temporal Score: 6.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-25564

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:N/I:L/A:H

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gssntlmssp

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: 5/16/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/14/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-25563, CVE-2023-25564, CVE-2023-25565, CVE-2023-25566, CVE-2023-25567

CWE: 125, 401, 590, 787

RHSA: 2023:3097

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