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RockyLinux 9 : libeconf (RLSA-2023:4347)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 182728

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote RockyLinux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RLSA-2023:4347 advisory.

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

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the RockyLinux security advisory.

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 affected libeconf, libeconf-debuginfo and / or libeconf-debugsource packages.

See Also

https://errata.rockylinux.org/RLSA-2023:4347

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2212463

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 182728

File Name: rocky_linux_RLSA-2023-4347.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Published: 10/6/2023

Updated: 9/24/2025

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, 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: p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:libeconf, cpe:/o:rocky:linux:9, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:libeconf-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:libeconf-debugsource

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/6/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/1/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-22652