RHEL 8 : c-ares (RHSA-2023:7543)

high Nessus Plugin ID 189660

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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-2023:7543 advisory.

- c-ares: buffer overflow in config_sortlist() due to missing string length check (CVE-2022-4904)

- 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-2023:7543.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 189660

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2023-7543.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 1/26/2024

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: High

Base Score: 9

Temporal Score: 7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-4904

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.6

Temporal Score: 7.7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_eus:8.8, 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: 11/28/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/20/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-4904, CVE-2023-31130

CWE: 119

RHSA: 2023:7543

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