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Rocky Linux 8 [CIQ] Security Update: python3-rpm / python3-rpm-debuginfo / rpm / rpm-apidocs / rpm-build / etc Multiple Vulnerabilities (crlsa-2024_0647)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 355381
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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-2024_0647 advisory.* rpm: TOCTOU race in checks for unsafe symlinks (CVE-2021-35937)
* rpm: races with chown/chmod/capabilities calls during installation (CVE-2021-35938)
* rpm: checks for unsafe symlinks are not performed for intermediary directories (CVE-2021-35939)
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_0647.See Also
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:0647
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1964114
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1964125
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1964129
https://errata.build.resf.org/RLSA-2024:0647
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 355381
File Name: ciq_rocky_linux_8_crlsa-2024_0647.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: Medium
Score: 4.9
Percentile: 57.88
Vendor
Vendor Severity: Unknown
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 6.5
Temporal Score: 5.1
Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:M/C:C/I:C/A:C
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-35939
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 6.7
Temporal Score: 6
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/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: 2/12/2024
Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/25/2022