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RHEL 6 : busybox (RHSA-2023:5178)
critical Nessus Plugin ID 181520
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Synopsis
The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update for busybox.Description
The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 6 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2023:5178 advisory.- busybox: stack overflow vulnerability in ash.c leads to arbitrary code execution (CVE-2022-48174)
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 busybox package based on the guidance in RHSA-2023:5178.See Also
http://www.nessus.org/u?8a67f235
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
Plugin Details
Severity: Critical
ID: 181520
File Name: redhat-RHSA-2023-5178.nasl
Version: 1.1
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks
Published: 9/18/2023
Updated: 4/28/2024
Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 5.9
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Critical
Base Score: 10
Temporal Score: 7.4
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-48174
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Critical
Base Score: 9.8
Temporal Score: 8.5
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:busybox-petitboot, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:busybox, cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_els:6
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: 9/18/2023
Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/22/2023
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2022-48174