RockyLinux 8 : container-tools:4.0 (RLSA-2023:6938)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 277154

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Synopsis

The remote RockyLinux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote RockyLinux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RLSA-2023:6938 advisory.

* go-yaml: Improve heuristics preventing CPU/memory abuse by parsing malicious or large YAML documents (CVE-2022-3064)

* golang: html/template: improper handling of JavaScript whitespace (CVE-2023-24540)

* net/http, golang.org/x/net/http2: avoid quadratic complexity in HPACK decoding (CVE-2022-41723)

* golang: crypto/tls: large handshake records may cause panics (CVE-2022-41724)

* golang: net/http, mime/multipart: denial of service from excessive resource consumption (CVE-2022-41725)

* golang.org/x/net/html: Cross site scripting (CVE-2023-3978)

* golang: net/http, net/textproto: denial of service from excessive memory allocation (CVE-2023-24534)

* golang: net/http, net/textproto, mime/multipart: denial of service from excessive resource consumption (CVE-2023-24536)

* golang: go/parser: Infinite loop in parsing (CVE-2023-24537)

* golang: html/template: backticks not treated as string delimiters (CVE-2023-24538)

* golang: html/template: improper sanitization of CSS values (CVE-2023-24539)

* runc: Rootless runc makes `/sys/fs/cgroup` writable (CVE-2023-25809)

* runc: volume mount race condition (regression of CVE-2019-19921) (CVE-2023-27561)

* runc: AppArmor can be bypassed when `/proc` inside the container is symlinked with a specific mount configuration (CVE-2023-28642)

* golang: html/template: improper handling of empty HTML attributes (CVE-2023-29400)

* golang: net/http: insufficient sanitization of Host header (CVE-2023-29406)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the RockyLinux 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: Critical

ID: 277154

File Name: rocky_linux_RLSA-2023-6938.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Family: Rocky Linux Local Security Checks

Published: 12/3/2025

Updated: 12/3/2025

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-24540

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.8

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:runc-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:podman-tests, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:criu-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:podman-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:crun-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:python3-criu, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:conmon, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:criu, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:runc-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:containernetworking-plugins-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:containers-common, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:netavark, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:buildah, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:libslirp, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:fuse-overlayfs, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:libslirp-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:crun-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:buildah-tests-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:buildah-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:python-podman, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:oci-seccomp-bpf-hook-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:python3-podman, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:crun, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:fuse-overlayfs-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:libslirp-devel, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:podman-remote, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:containernetworking-plugins-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:podman-plugins-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:slirp4netns-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:cockpit-podman, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:podman-docker, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:podman-catatonit-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:criu-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:udica, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:slirp4netns-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:podman-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:aardvark-dns, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:podman-plugins, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:container-selinux, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:fuse-overlayfs-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:libslirp-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:criu-libs, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:criu-libs-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:slirp4netns, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:podman-gvproxy-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:buildah-tests, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:containernetworking-plugins, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:criu-devel, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:oci-seccomp-bpf-hook, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:runc, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:oci-seccomp-bpf-hook-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:podman, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:podman-catatonit, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:crit, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:podman-gvproxy, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:conmon-debugsource, cpe:/o:rocky:linux:8, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:podman-remote-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:buildah-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:conmon-debuginfo

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: 11/28/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/27/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-3064, CVE-2022-41723, CVE-2022-41724, CVE-2022-41725, CVE-2023-24534, CVE-2023-24536, CVE-2023-24537, CVE-2023-24538, CVE-2023-24539, CVE-2023-24540, CVE-2023-25809, CVE-2023-27561, CVE-2023-28642, CVE-2023-29400, CVE-2023-29406, CVE-2023-3978

IAVB: 2023-B-0012-S, 2023-B-0022-S, 2023-B-0029-S, 2023-B-0052-S, 2023-B-0068-S, 2023-B-0080-S

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