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RHEL 8 : c-ares (RHSA-2023:7207)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 185701
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Synopsis
The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates for c-ares.Description
The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2023:7207 advisory.- c-ares: Heap buffer over read in ares_parse_soa_reply (CVE-2020-22217)
- c-ares: Buffer Underwrite in ares_inet_net_pton() (CVE-2023-31130)
Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.
Solution
Update the RHEL c-ares package based on the guidance in RHSA-2023:7207.See Also
http://www.nessus.org/u?6605a960
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2209497
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 185701
File Name: redhat-RHSA-2023-7207.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: Medium
Score: 6.7
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 5.9
Temporal Score: 4.6
Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:H/Au:M/C:C/I:C/A:C
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-31130
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 6.4
Temporal Score: 5.8
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:c-ares, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:c-ares-devel
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/cpu
Exploit Available: true
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 11/14/2023
Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/24/2023
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2020-22217, CVE-2023-31130