Rocky Linux 8 [CIQ] Security Update: harfbuzz / harfbuzz-debuginfo / harfbuzz-debugsource / etc (crlsa-2024_2980)

high Nessus Plugin ID 355766

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 a vulnerability as referenced in the CIQ crlsa-2024_2980 advisory.

* harfbuzz: allows attackers to trigger O(n^2) growth via consecutive marks (CVE-2023-25193)

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 packages based on the guidance in CIQ advisory crlsa-2024_2980.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2980

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2167254

https://errata.build.resf.org/RLSA-2024:2980

http://www.nessus.org/u?d696ef5a

http://www.nessus.org/u?e3bb84ab

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 355766

File Name: ciq_rocky_linux_8_crlsa-2024_2980.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: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.18

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Unknown

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 5.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-25193

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/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 Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/7/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/4/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-25193