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CentOS 9 : linux-firmware-20230726-138.el9

medium Nessus Plugin ID 191316

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Synopsis

The remote CentOS host is missing a security update for iwl100-firmware.

Description

The remote CentOS Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the linux- firmware-20230726-138.el9 build changelog.

 - Cross-Process Information Leak (rhbz 2227156) (CVE-2023-20593)

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 iwl100-firmware package.

See Also

https://kojihub.stream.centos.org/koji/buildinfo?buildID=35424

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 191316

File Name: centos9_linux-firmware-20230726-138.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: 5.1

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.6

Temporal Score: 3.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-20593

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:centos:centos:9, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:iwl100-firmware, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:iwl1000-firmware, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:iwl105-firmware, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:iwl135-firmware, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:iwl2000-firmware, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:iwl2030-firmware, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:iwl3160-firmware, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:iwl3945-firmware, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:iwl4965-firmware, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:iwl5000-firmware, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:iwl5150-firmware, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:iwl6000-firmware, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:iwl6000g2a-firmware, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:iwl6000g2b-firmware, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:iwl6050-firmware, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:iwl7260-firmware, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libertas-sd8686-firmware, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libertas-sd8787-firmware, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libertas-usb8388-firmware, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libertas-usb8388-olpc-firmware, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:linux-firmware, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:linux-firmware-whence, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:liquidio-firmware, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:netronome-firmware

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: 7/28/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/24/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-20593