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RHEL 6 / 7 / 8 / 9 : Satellite Client Async Security Update (Important) (RHSA-2024:2011)
critical Nessus Plugin ID 193760
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Synopsis
The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update.Description
The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 6 / 7 / 8 / 9 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2024:2011 advisory.- curl: heap based buffer overflow in the SOCKS5 proxy handshake (CVE-2023-38545)
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 puppet-agent package.See Also
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2011
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1992229
Plugin Details
Severity: Critical
ID: 193760
File Name: redhat-RHSA-2024-2011.nasl
Version: 1.2
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks
Published: 4/24/2024
Updated: 4/25/2024
Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: High
Score: 7.4
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-2023-38545
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:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:puppet-agent
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: 4/23/2024
Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/10/2023
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2023-38545