RHEL 9 : libeconf (RHSA-2023:4347)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 179156

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 9 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2023:4347 advisory.

- libeconf: stack-based buffer overflow in read_file() in lib/getfilecontents.c (CVE-2023-22652)

- libeconf: Stack overflow in function read_file at libeconf/lib/getfilecontents.c (CVE-2023-30079)

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 libeconf package based on the guidance in RHSA-2023:4347.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 179156

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2023-4347.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 8/1/2023

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: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 5.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-22652

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/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:libeconf

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: 8/1/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/1/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-22652, CVE-2023-30079

CWE: 120, 121

RHSA: 2023:4347

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