RHEL 8 : yajl (RHSA-2024:2063)

high Nessus Plugin ID 193894

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Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates for yajl.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2024:2063 advisory.

- yajl: heap-based buffer overflow when handling large inputs due to an integer overflow (CVE-2022-24795)

- yajl: Memory leak in yajl_tree_parse function (CVE-2023-33460)

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 RHEL yajl package based on the guidance in RHSA-2024:2063.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 193894

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2024-2063.nasl

Version: 1.0

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 4/25/2024

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: 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:P/I:N/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-24795

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:8.6, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:yajl, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:yajl-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: 4/25/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/5/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-24795, CVE-2023-33460

CWE: 119, 401

RHSA: 2024:2063

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