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CentOS 9 : nginx-1.20.1-10.el9

high Nessus Plugin ID 191321

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote CentOS Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the nginx-1.20.1-10.el9 build changelog.

 - Application Layer Protocol Confusion (CVE-2021-3618)

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 nginx package.

See Also

https://kojihub.stream.centos.org/koji/buildinfo?buildID=16715

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 191321

File Name: centos9_nginx-1_20_1-10.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: 5.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.8

Temporal Score: 4.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-3618

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.4

Temporal Score: 6.4

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/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:nginx, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:nginx-all-modules, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:nginx-filesystem, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:nginx-mod-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:nginx-mod-http-image-filter, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:nginx-mod-http-perl, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:nginx-mod-http-xslt-filter, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:nginx-mod-mail, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:nginx-mod-stream

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: 2/2/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/25/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-3618