Rocky Linux 8 [CIQ] Security Update: aardvark-dns / buildah / buildah-debuginfo / buildah-debugsource / etc Multiple Vulnerabilities (crlsa-2023_6938)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 355273

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_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 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_6938.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 355273

File Name: ciq_rocky_linux_8_crlsa-2023_6938.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, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.6

Percentile: 98.48

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Unknown

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

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

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

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