RHEL 8 : convert2rhel (RHSA-2022:6269)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 194279

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2022:6269 advisory.

- convert2rhel: Activation key passed via command line by code (CVE-2022-0851)

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 convert2rhel package.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2060217

https://issues.redhat.com/browse/RHELC-126

https://issues.redhat.com/browse/RHELC-251

https://issues.redhat.com/browse/RHELC-332

https://issues.redhat.com/browse/RHELC-367

https://issues.redhat.com/browse/RHELC-411

https://issues.redhat.com/browse/RHELC-413

https://issues.redhat.com/browse/RHELC-45

https://issues.redhat.com/browse/RHELC-597

https://issues.redhat.com/browse/RHELC-678

http://www.nessus.org/u?3e562bb9

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:6269

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 194279

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2022-6269.nasl

Version: 1.0

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 4/28/2024

Updated: 4/28/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.6

Temporal Score: 3.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-0851

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:convert2rhel

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: 8/31/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/29/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-0851

CWE: 212

RHSA: 2022:6269