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Rocky Linux 8 : exiv2 (RLSA-2022:1842)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 184584
Synopsis
The remote Rocky Linux host is missing a security update.Description
The remote Rocky Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RLSA-2022:1842 advisory.- A stack exhaustion issue in the printIFDStructure function of Exiv2 0.27 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (DOS) via a crafted file. (CVE-2020-18898)
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 packages.See Also
https://errata.rockylinux.org/RLSA-2022:1842
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 184584
File Name: rocky_linux_RLSA-2022-1842.nasl
Version: 1.0
Type: local
Published: 11/6/2023
Updated: 11/6/2023
Supported Sensors: Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 4.4
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 4.3
Temporal Score: 3.4
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-18898
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 6.5
Temporal Score: 5.9
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:P/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:exiv2, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:exiv2-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:exiv2-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:exiv2-devel, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:exiv2-doc, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:exiv2-libs, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:exiv2-libs-debuginfo, cpe:/o:rocky:linux:8
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RockyLinux/release, Host/RockyLinux/rpm-list, Host/cpu
Exploit Available: true
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 5/10/2022
Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/19/2021
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2020-18898