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CentOS 9 : linux-firmware-20231030-141.el9

medium Nessus Plugin ID 193935

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Synopsis

The remote CentOS host is missing a security update for iwl100-firmware.

Description

The remote CentOS Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the linux- firmware-20231030-141.el9 build changelog.

 - Protection mechanism failure for some Intel(R) PROSet/Wireless WiFi (RHEL-14264) (CVE-2022-46329)

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 iwl100-firmware package.

See Also

https://kojihub.stream.centos.org/koji/buildinfo?buildID=40668

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 193935

File Name: centos9_linux-firmware-20231030-141_40668.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: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 4.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-46329

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.7

Temporal Score: 5.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/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:/a:centos:centos:9, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:iwl100-firmware, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:iwl1000-firmware, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:iwl105-firmware, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:iwl135-firmware, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:iwl2000-firmware, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:iwl2030-firmware, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:iwl3160-firmware, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:iwl3945-firmware, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:iwl4965-firmware, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:iwl5000-firmware, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:iwl5150-firmware, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:iwl6000-firmware, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:iwl6000g2a-firmware, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:iwl6000g2b-firmware, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:iwl6050-firmware, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:iwl7260-firmware, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libertas-sd8686-firmware, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libertas-sd8787-firmware, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libertas-usb8388-firmware, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libertas-usb8388-olpc-firmware, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:linux-firmware, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:linux-firmware-whence, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:liquidio-firmware, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:netronome-firmware

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/9/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/11/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-46329