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RHEL 8 : fwupd (RHSA-2023:7189)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 185693
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Synopsis
The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update for fwupd.Description
The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2023:7189 advisory.- fwupd: world readable password in /etc/fwupd/redfish.conf (CVE-2022-3287)
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 fwupd package based on the guidance in RHSA-2023:7189.See Also
http://www.nessus.org/u?6b30027c
http://www.nessus.org/u?819248f8
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 185693
File Name: redhat-RHSA-2023-7189.nasl
Version: 1.1
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks
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: Medium
Base Score: 6.8
Temporal Score: 5
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:N/A:N
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-3287
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 6.5
Temporal Score: 5.7
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
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:fwupd, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:fwupd-devel
Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 11/14/2023
Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/28/2022
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2022-3287