RHEL 8 : gmp update (Moderate) (RHSA-2024:1412)

high Nessus Plugin ID 192278

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2024:1412 advisory.

- gmp: Integer overflow and resultant buffer overflow via crafted input (CVE-2021-43618)

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 affected gmp, gmp-c++ and / or gmp-devel packages.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?ba872438

https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2024904

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:1412

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 192278

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2024-1412.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 3/19/2024

Updated: 4/28/2024

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-43618

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_eus:8.8, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gmp, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gmp-c%2b%2b, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gmp-devel

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/cpu

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/19/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/9/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-43618

CWE: 190

RHSA: 2024:1412