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Oracle Linux 8 : fwupd (ELSA-2023-7189)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 186137

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Synopsis

The remote Oracle Linux host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ELSA-2023-7189 advisory.

 - When creating an OPERATOR user account on the BMC, the redfish plugin saved the auto-generated password to /etc/fwupd/redfish.conf without proper restriction, allowing any user on the system to read the same configuration file. (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 affected fwupd and / or fwupd-devel packages.

See Also

https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2023-7189.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 186137

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2023-7189.nasl

Version: 1.0

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/21/2023

Updated: 11/21/2023

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, 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:/a:oracle:linux:8::codeready_builder, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:8, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:8:9:baseos_base, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:8::baseos_latest, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:fwupd, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:fwupd-devel

Required KB Items: Host/OracleLinux, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/local_checks_enabled

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/17/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/28/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-3287