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CentOS 8 : libXpm (CESA-2023:0379)

high Nessus Plugin ID 190203

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Synopsis

The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote CentOS Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the CESA-2023:0379 advisory.

 - libXpm: Runaway loop on width of 0 and enormous height (CVE-2022-44617)

 - libXpm: Infinite loop on unclosed comments (CVE-2022-46285)

 - libXpm: compression commands depend on $PATH (CVE-2022-4883)

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 affected libXpm and / or libXpm-devel packages.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:0379

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 190203

File Name: centos8_RHSA-2023-0379.nasl

Version: 1.0

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/8/2024

Updated: 2/8/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9

Temporal Score: 7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-4883

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.9

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:centos:centos:8-stream, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libxpm, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libxpm-devel

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/23/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/17/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-44617, CVE-2022-46285, CVE-2022-4883

RHSA: 2023:0379