RHEL 8 : libssh (RHSA-2023:3839)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 177659

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2023:3839 advisory.

- libssh: NULL pointer dereference during rekeying with algorithm guessing (CVE-2023-1667)

- libssh: authorization bypass in pki_verify_data_signature (CVE-2023-2283)

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 libssh package based on the guidance in RHSA-2023:3839.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 177659

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2023-3839.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 6/27/2023

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: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.4

Temporal Score: 5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-2283

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.9

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libssh, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libssh-config, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libssh-devel

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: 6/27/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/15/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-1667, CVE-2023-2283

CWE: 287, 476

IAVA: 2023-A-0517-S

RHSA: 2023:3839

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