RHEL 8 : apr-util (RHSA-2023:3380)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 176653

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update for apr-util.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2023:3380 advisory.

- apr-util: out-of-bounds writes in the apr_base64 (CVE-2022-25147)

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 apr-util package based on the guidance in RHSA-2023:3380.

See Also

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2169652

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:3380

https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate

http://www.nessus.org/u?e6ab0929

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 176653

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2023-3380.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/3/2023

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: Low

Score: 3.3

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.4

Temporal Score: 4.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-25147

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_aus:8.2, cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_e4s:8.2, cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_tus:8.2, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:apr-util, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:apr-util-bdb, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:apr-util-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:apr-util-ldap, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:apr-util-mysql, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:apr-util-odbc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:apr-util-openssl, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:apr-util-pgsql, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:apr-util-sqlite

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: 5/31/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/31/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-25147

CWE: 190

RHSA: 2023:3380