CentOS 9 : bash-5.1.8-6.el9

high Nessus Plugin ID 191405

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote CentOS Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the bash-5.1.8-6.el9 build changelog.

- A flaw was found in the bash package, where a heap-buffer overflow can occur in valid parameter_transform.
This issue may lead to memory problems. (CVE-2022-3715)

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 bash package.

See Also

https://kojihub.stream.centos.org/koji/buildinfo?buildID=27195

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 191405

File Name: centos9_bash-5_1_8-6.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: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-3715

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/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:/a:centos:centos:9, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:bash, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:bash-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:bash-doc

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: 11/24/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/5/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-3715