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Rocky Linux 8 [CIQ] Security Update: openssh / openssh-askpass / openssh-askpass-debuginfo / etc Multiple Vulnerabilities (crlsa-2024_0606)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 354365

Synopsis

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

Description

The Rocky Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the CIQ crlsa-2024_0606 advisory.

 * ssh: Prefix truncation attack on Binary Packet Protocol (BPP) (CVE-2023-48795)

 * openssh: potential command injection via shell metacharacters (CVE-2023-51385)

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-2024_0606.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:0606

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2254210

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2255271

https://errata.build.resf.org/RLSA-2024:0606

http://www.nessus.org/u?6140ab7b

http://www.nessus.org/u?a607a799

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 354365

File Name: ciq_rocky_linux_8_crlsa-2024_0606.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

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: 5

Percentile: 94.39

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Unknown

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.4

Temporal Score: 4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-48795

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.9

Temporal Score: 5.2

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

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

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: 2/12/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/12/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-48795, CVE-2023-51385