CentOS 9 : libksba-1.5.1-5.el9

critical Nessus Plugin ID 191427

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote CentOS Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the libksba-1.5.1-5.el9 build changelog.

- A vulnerability was found in the Libksba library due to an integer overflow within the CRL parser. The vulnerability can be exploited remotely for code execution on the target system by passing specially crafted data to the application, for example, a malicious S/MIME attachment. (CVE-2022-3515)

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 libksba package.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 191427

File Name: centos9_libksba-1_5_1-5.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: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-3515

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/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:libksba, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libksba-devel

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: 10/19/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/7/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-3515

IAVA: 2023-A-0072

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