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CentOS 9 : file-5.39-16.el9

medium Nessus Plugin ID 193926

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote CentOS Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the file-5.39-16.el9 build changelog.

 - File before 5.43 has an stack-based buffer over-read in file_copystr in funcs.c. NOTE: File is the name of an Open Source project. (CVE-2022-48554)

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 file package.

See Also

https://kojihub.stream.centos.org/koji/buildinfo?buildID=41497

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 193926

File Name: centos9_file-5_39-16_41497.nasl

Version: 1.0

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 4/26/2024

Updated: 4/26/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.9

Temporal Score: 3.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-48554

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/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:file, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:file-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:file-libs, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:file-static, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:python3-file-magic

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/29/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/22/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-48554