CentOS 9 : booth-1.0-251.4.bfb2f92.git.el9

medium Nessus Plugin ID 191273

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote CentOS Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the booth-1.0-251.4.bfb2f92.git.el9 build changelog.

- The authfile directive in the booth config file is ignored, preventing use of authentication in communications from node to node. As a result, nodes that do not have the correct authentication key are not prevented from communicating with other nodes in the cluster. (CVE-2022-2553)

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 booth package.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 191273

File Name: centos9_booth-1_0-251_4_bfb2f92_git.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: CentOS Local Security Checks

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: Low

Score: 2.5

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-2022-2553

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:L/I:L/A:N

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:centos:centos:9, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:booth, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:booth-arbitrator, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:booth-core, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:booth-site, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:booth-test

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: 8/9/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/28/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-2553

Detections

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