Rocky Linux 8 [CIQ] Security Update: jss / jss-debuginfo / jss-debugsource / jss-javadoc / ldapjdk / etc (crlsa-2021_2235)

high Nessus Plugin ID 357600

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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 a vulnerability as referenced in the CIQ crlsa-2021_2235 advisory.

* pki-server: Dogtag installer pkispawn logs admin credentials into a world-readable log file (CVE-2021-3551)

The PKI installer pkispawn logs admin credentials into a world-readable log file. It also looks like the installer is passing the password as an insecure command line argument. The credentials are the 389-DS LDAP server's Directory Manager credentials. The Directory Manager is 389-DS' equivalent of unrestricted root account. The user bypasses permission checks and grants full access to data. In an IdM / FreeIPA installation the DM user is able to read and manipulate Kerberos KDC master password, Kerberos keytabs, hashed user passwords, and more.
Any and all IdM and FreeIPA installations with PKI 10.10 should be considered compromised.

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-2021_2235.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 357600

File Name: ciq_rocky_linux_8_crlsa-2021_2235.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Family: Rocky Linux Local Security Checks

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: 57.12

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Unknown

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.4

Temporal Score: 3.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-3551

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/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/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: 6/3/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/3/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-3551

Detections

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