RHEL 8 : pixman (RHSA-2023:7403)

high Nessus Plugin ID 186047

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update for pixman.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2023:7403 advisory.

- pixman: Integer overflow in pixman_sample_floor_y leading to heap out-of-bounds write (CVE-2022-44638)

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 pixman package based on the guidance in RHSA-2023:7403.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?24b5735c

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

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2139988

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:7403

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 186047

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2023-7403.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/21/2023

Updated: 4/28/2024

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-44638

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.9

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/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:rhel_eus:8.6, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:pixman, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:pixman-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: 11/21/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/3/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-44638

CWE: 787

RHSA: 2023:7403