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Fedora 38 : erofs-utils (2023-f838326992)

high Nessus Plugin ID 181010

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Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Fedora 38 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the FEDORA-2023-f838326992 advisory.

 - Heap Buffer Overflow in the erofsfsck_dirent_iter function in fsck/main.c in erofs-utils v1.6 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted erofs filesystem image. (CVE-2023-33551)

 - Heap Buffer Overflow in the erofs_read_one_data function at data.c in erofs-utils v1.6 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted erofs filesystem image. (CVE-2023-33552)

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 affected erofs-utils package.

See Also

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2023-f838326992

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 181010

File Name: fedora_2023-f838326992.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/7/2023

Updated: 9/25/2023

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 5.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-33552

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:38, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:erofs-utils

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/29/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/1/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-33551, CVE-2023-33552