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RockyLinux 9 : tcpdump (RLSA-2024:2211)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 235581
Synopsis
The remote RockyLinux host is missing a security update.Description
The remote RockyLinux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RLSA-2024:2211 advisory.* tcpslice: use-after-free in extract_slice() (CVE-2021-41043)
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 tcpdump, tcpdump-debuginfo and / or tcpdump-debugsource packages.See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 235581
File Name: rocky_linux_RLSA-2024-2211.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: 4.4
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 4.3
Temporal Score: 3.4
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-41043
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: p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:tcpdump, cpe:/o:rocky:linux:9, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:tcpdump-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:tcpdump-debugsource
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RockyLinux/release, Host/RockyLinux/rpm-list, Host/cpu
Exploit Available: true
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 5/7/2025
Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/5/2022
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2021-41043