Alibaba Cloud Linux 3 : 0146: cockpit (ALINUX3-SA-2023:0146)

high Nessus Plugin ID 236960

Synopsis

The remote Alibaba Cloud Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Alibaba Cloud Linux 3 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALINUX3-SA-2023:0146 advisory.

Package updates are available for Alibaba Cloud Linux 3 that fix the following vulnerabilities:

CVE-2021-3660:
Cockpit (and its plugins) do not seem to protect itself against clickjacking. It is possible to render a page from a cockpit server via another website, inside an <iFrame> HTML entry. This may be used by a malicious website in clickjacking or similar attacks.

CVE-2021-3698:
A flaw was found in Cockpit in versions prior to 260 in the way it handles the certificate verification performed by the System Security Services Daemon (SSSD). This flaw allows client certificates to authenticate successfully, regardless of the Certificate Revocation List (CRL) configuration or the certificate status. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to confidentiality.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Alibaba Cloud Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 236960

File Name: alinux3_sa_2023-0146.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Family: Alibaba Cloud Linux Local Security Checks

Published: 5/20/2025

Updated: 5/20/2025

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-3698

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:cockpit, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:cockpit-bridge, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:cockpit-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:cockpit-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:cockpit-doc, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:cockpit-system, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:cockpit-ws

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/17/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/25/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-3660, CVE-2021-3698

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