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Rocky Linux 8 [CIQ] Security Update: bpftool / bpftool-debuginfo / kernel / kernel-abi-stablelists / etc Multiple Vulnerabilities (crlsa-2023_4517)

high Nessus Plugin ID 354685

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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-2023_4517 advisory.

 * kernel: use-after-free in l2cap_connect and l2cap_le_connect_req in net/bluetooth/l2cap_core.c (CVE-2022-42896)

 * kernel: tcindex: use-after-free vulnerability in traffic control index filter allows privilege escalation (CVE-2023-1281)

 * kernel: Use-after-free vulnerability in the Linux Kernel traffic control index filter (CVE-2023-1829)

 * kernel: use-after-free vulnerability in the perf_group_detach function of the Linux Kernel Performance Events (CVE-2023-2235)

 * kernel: OOB access in the Linux kernel's XFS subsystem (CVE-2023-2124)

 * kernel: i2c: out-of-bounds write in xgene_slimpro_i2c_xfer() (CVE-2023-2194)

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-2023_4517.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:4517

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2147364

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2181847

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2187439

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2188396

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2188470

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2192589

https://errata.build.resf.org/RLSA-2023:4517

http://www.nessus.org/u?90352f57

http://www.nessus.org/u?da0e8b02

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 354685

File Name: ciq_rocky_linux_8_crlsa-2023_4517.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Published: 10/1/2026

Updated: 10/1/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.6

Percentile: 98.67

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Unknown

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.3

Temporal Score: 6.5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-42896

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.9

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:A/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

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/6/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/21/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-42896, CVE-2023-1281, CVE-2023-1829, CVE-2023-2124, CVE-2023-2194, CVE-2023-2235