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Rocky Linux 8 [CIQ] Security Update: openssh / openssh-askpass / openssh-askpass-debuginfo / etc (crlsa-2021_4368)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 358166

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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_4368 advisory.

 * openssh: Observable discrepancy leading to an information leak in the algorithm negotiation (CVE-2020-14145)

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_4368.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:4368

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1836277

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1843372

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1852930

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1868996

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1879503

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1901518

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1909988

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1913041

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1933517

https://errata.build.resf.org/RLSA-2021:4368

http://www.nessus.org/u?0ed797f2

http://www.nessus.org/u?f1da3856

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 358166

File Name: ciq_rocky_linux_8_crlsa-2021_4368.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: Local

Published: 10/1/2026

Updated: 10/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus Agent, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5

Percentile: 94.39

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Unknown

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-14145

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.9

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

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: 11/9/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/9/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-14145