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RHEL 9 : protobuf-c (RHSA-2023:6621)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 185095
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Synopsis
The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update for protobuf-c.Description
The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2023:6621 advisory.- protobuf-c: unsigned integer overflow in parse_required_member (CVE-2022-48468)
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 protobuf-c package based on the guidance in RHSA-2023:6621.See Also
http://www.nessus.org/u?619e5320
http://www.nessus.org/u?c1c3456f
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 185095
File Name: redhat-RHSA-2023-6621.nasl
Version: 1.1
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks
Published: 11/7/2023
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: Medium
Base Score: 4.6
Temporal Score: 3.4
Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-48468
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 5.5
Temporal Score: 4.8
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/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:protobuf-c, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:protobuf-c-compiler, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:protobuf-c-devel
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: 11/7/2023
Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/13/2023
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2022-48468