Rocky Linux 8 [CIQ] Security Update: openssl / openssl-debuginfo / openssl-debugsource / openssl-devel / etc (crlsa-2024_7848)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 357719

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_7848 advisory.

* openssl: SSL_select_next_proto buffer overread (CVE-2024-5535)

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_7848.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:7848

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2294581

https://errata.build.resf.org/RLSA-2024:7848

http://www.nessus.org/u?9861a0d1

http://www.nessus.org/u?e5ed1de0

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 357719

File Name: ciq_rocky_linux_8_crlsa-2024_7848.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: High

Score: 7.1

Percentile: 98.45

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Unknown

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.4

Temporal Score: 7.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-5535

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.1

Temporal Score: 8.2

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/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: 10/25/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/12/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-5535