Rocky Linux 9 [CIQ] Security Update: libevent / libevent-debuginfo / libevent-debugsource / etc Multiple Vulnerabilities (crlsa-2026_67910)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 353475

Synopsis

The Rocky Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The Rocky Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the CIQ crlsa-2026_67910 advisory.

* libevent: Libevent: Denial of Service via malformed RPC data (CVE-2026-63383)

* libevent: Libevent: Off-by-one stack buffer overflow leading to denial of service or data corruption (CVE-2026-63387)

* libevent: Libevent: Memory corruption due to use-after-free (CVE-2026-63381)

* libevent: Libevent: Denial of Service via integer conversion error in `evtag_unmarshal_header` (CVE-2026-63384)

* libevent evhttp: Multiple HTTP Parser Bugs Enable Request Smuggling (CVE-2026-63382)

* libevent: Libevent: Arbitrary code execution via heap out-of-bounds write in AF_UNIX handling (CVE-2026-63388)

* libevent: Libevent: HTTP header handling bugs create risk of access control bypass. (CVE-2026-63385)

* libevent: Libevent: HTTP header smuggling allows authorization bypass or cache poisoning (CVE-2026-63379)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the CIQ 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 based on the guidance in CIQ advisory crlsa-2026_67910.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 353475

File Name: ciq_rocky_linux_9_crlsa-2026_67910.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Family: Rocky Linux Local Security Checks

Published: 10/1/2026

Updated: 10/1/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 58.35

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Unknown

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9

Temporal Score: 6.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-63387

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.4

Temporal Score: 7.3

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

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-63388

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.2

Threat Score: 7.1

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:L/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-63385

Vulnerability Information

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/RockyLinux/release, Host/RockyLinux/rpm-list, Host/OS/extended-third-party

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/17/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/20/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-63379, CVE-2026-63381, CVE-2026-63382, CVE-2026-63383, CVE-2026-63384, CVE-2026-63385, CVE-2026-63387, CVE-2026-63388

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