Rocky Linux 9 [CIQ] Security Update: bcel (crlsa-2023_0005)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 354700

Synopsis

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

Description

The Rocky Linux 9 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the CIQ crlsa-2023_0005 advisory.

* Apache-Commons-BCEL: arbitrary bytecode produced via out-of-bounds writing (CVE-2022-42920)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the CIQ security advisory.

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

Solution

Update the affected bcel package based on the guidance in CIQ advisory crlsa-2023_0005.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:0005

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2142707

https://errata.build.resf.org/RLSA-2023:0005

http://www.nessus.org/u?05fef6b3

http://www.nessus.org/u?de1590ce

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 354700

File Name: ciq_rocky_linux_9_crlsa-2023_0005.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: 4.9

Percentile: 57.58

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Unknown

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-42920

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

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: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: 1/2/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/7/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-42920