RHEL 9 : skopeo (RHSA-2023:7762)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 186796

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Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates for skopeo.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2023:7762 advisory.

- golang: crypto/tls: slow verification of certificate chains containing large RSA keys (CVE-2023-29409)

- golang: html/template: improper handling of HTML-like comments within script contexts (CVE-2023-39318)

- golang: html/template: improper handling of special tags within script contexts (CVE-2023-39319)

- golang: crypto/tls: panic when processing post-handshake message on QUIC connections (CVE-2023-39321)

- golang: crypto/tls: lack of a limit on buffered post-handshake (CVE-2023-39322)

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 skopeo package based on the guidance in RHSA-2023:7762.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 186796

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2023-7762.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 12/12/2023

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: 6.4

Temporal Score: 4.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-39319

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.1

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

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:skopeo, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:skopeo-tests

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: 12/12/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/2/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-29409, CVE-2023-39318, CVE-2023-39319, CVE-2023-39321, CVE-2023-39322

CWE: 400, 770, 79

RHSA: 2023:7762

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