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RockyLinux 8 : linux-firmware (RLSA-2024:4262)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 235523

Synopsis

The remote RockyLinux host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote RockyLinux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RLSA-2024:4262 advisory.

 * kernel: Reserved fields in guest message responses may not be zero initialized (CVE-2023-31346)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the RockyLinux security advisory.

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 packages.

See Also

https://errata.rockylinux.org/RLSA-2024:4262

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2250458

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 235523

File Name: rocky_linux_RLSA-2024-4262.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Published: 5/7/2025

Updated: 5/7/2025

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.2

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-31346

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6

Temporal Score: 5.2

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:iwl3160-firmware, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:linux-firmware, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:iwl6000-firmware, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:libertas-sd8787-firmware, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:iwl6000g2b-firmware, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:iwl6050-firmware, cpe:/o:rocky:linux:8, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:libertas-usb8388-olpc-firmware, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:iwl1000-firmware, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:iwl2030-firmware, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:libertas-sd8686-firmware, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:iwl100-firmware, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:iwl3945-firmware, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:iwl135-firmware, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:iwl6000g2a-firmware, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:iwl5150-firmware, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:iwl7260-firmware, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:iwl5000-firmware, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:iwl105-firmware, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:libertas-usb8388-firmware, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:iwl4965-firmware, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:iwl2000-firmware

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/7/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/13/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-31346