CentOS 9 : gmp-6.2.0-11.el9

high Nessus Plugin ID 191183

Synopsis

The remote CentOS host is missing a security update for gmp.

Description

The remote CentOS Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the gmp-6.2.0-11.el9 build changelog.

- GNU Multiple Precision Arithmetic Library (GMP) through 6.2.1 has an mpz/inp_raw.c integer overflow and resultant buffer overflow via crafted input, leading to a segmentation fault on 32-bit platforms.
(CVE-2021-43618)

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 CentOS 9 Stream gmp package.

See Also

https://kojihub.stream.centos.org/koji/buildinfo?buildID=33604

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 191183

File Name: centos9_gmp-6_2_0-11.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/29/2024

Updated: 4/26/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-43618

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:centos:centos:9, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:gmp, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:gmp-c%2b%2b, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:gmp-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:gmp-static

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/9/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/9/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-43618