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Fedora 38 : libuev (2024-75e1256954)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 192323

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Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Fedora 38 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the FEDORA-2024-75e1256954 advisory.

 - uev (aka libuev) before 2.4.1 has a buffer overflow in epoll_wait if maxevents is a large number.
 (CVE-2022-48620)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected libuev package.

See Also

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2024-75e1256954

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 192323

File Name: fedora_2024-75e1256954.nasl

Version: 1.0

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 3/20/2024

Updated: 3/20/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-48620

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

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:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:38, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:libuev

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/12/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/12/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-48620