RHEL 9 : apr (RHSA-2023:7711)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 186721

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2023:7711 advisory.

- apr: integer overflow/wraparound in apr_encode (CVE-2022-24963)

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 apr package based on the guidance in RHSA-2023:7711.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 186721

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2023-7711.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 12/11/2023

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: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-24963

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:apr, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:apr-devel

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: 12/11/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/31/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-24963

CWE: 190

RHSA: 2023:7711

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