RHEL 8 : rhc (RHSA-2023:7058)

high Nessus Plugin ID 185664

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2023:7058 advisory.

- net/http, golang.org/x/net/http2: avoid quadratic complexity in HPACK decoding (CVE-2022-41723)

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 rhc package.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?819248f8

http://www.nessus.org/u?c41b7daf

https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2178358

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2222782

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2223405

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2227014

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2227019

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2227141

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:7058

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 185664

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2023-7058.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/14/2023

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: 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-2022-41723

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/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:8, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rhc

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: 11/14/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/15/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-41723

CWE: 400

RHSA: 2023:7058