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CentOS 8 : apr-util (CESA-2023:3109)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 190157

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Synopsis

The remote CentOS host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote CentOS Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the CESA-2023:3109 advisory.

 - Integer Overflow or Wraparound vulnerability in apr_base64 functions of Apache Portable Runtime Utility (APR-util) allows an attacker to write beyond bounds of a buffer. This issue affects Apache Portable Runtime Utility (APR-util) 1.6.1 and prior versions. (CVE-2022-25147)

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 packages.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:3109

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 190157

File Name: centos8_RHSA-2023-3109.nasl

Version: 1.0

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/8/2024

Updated: 2/8/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.3

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.4

Temporal Score: 4.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-25147

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:centos:centos:8, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:apr-util, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:apr-util-bdb, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:apr-util-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:apr-util-ldap, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:apr-util-mysql, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:apr-util-odbc, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:apr-util-openssl, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:apr-util-pgsql, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:apr-util-sqlite

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/CentOS/release, Host/CentOS/rpm-list, Host/cpu

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/16/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/31/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-25147

RHSA: 2023:3109