Rocky Linux 9 [CIQ] Security Update: openssl / openssl-debuginfo / openssl-debugsource / openssl-devel / etc Multiple Vulnerabilities (crlsa-2023_0946)

high Nessus Plugin ID 356335

Synopsis

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

Description

The Rocky Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the CIQ crlsa-2023_0946 advisory.

* openssl: X.400 address type confusion in X.509 GeneralName (CVE-2023-0286)

* openssl: read buffer overflow in X.509 certificate verification (CVE-2022-4203)

* openssl: timing attack in RSA Decryption implementation (CVE-2022-4304)

* openssl: double free after calling PEM_read_bio_ex (CVE-2022-4450)

* openssl: use-after-free following BIO_new_NDEF (CVE-2023-0215)

* openssl: invalid pointer dereference in d2i_PKCS7 functions (CVE-2023-0216)

* openssl: NULL dereference validating DSA public key (CVE-2023-0217)

* openssl: NULL dereference during PKCS7 data verification (CVE-2023-0401)

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_0946.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:0946

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2144000

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2144003

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2144006

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2144008

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2144010

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2144012

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2144015

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2144017

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2144019

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2145170

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2158412

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2164440

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2164487

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2164488

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2164492

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2164494

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2164497

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2164499

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2164500

https://errata.build.resf.org/RLSA-2023:0946

http://www.nessus.org/u?51f24251

http://www.nessus.org/u?ca93e0ce

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 356335

File Name: ciq_rocky_linux_9_crlsa-2023_0946.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: High

Score: 7

Percentile: 98.06

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Unknown

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.1

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-0286

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.4

Temporal Score: 6.4

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/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: 3/29/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/15/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-4203, CVE-2022-4304, CVE-2022-4450, CVE-2023-0215, CVE-2023-0216, CVE-2023-0217, CVE-2023-0286, CVE-2023-0401