Rocky Linux 8 [CIQ] Security Update: pcre2 / pcre2-debuginfo / pcre2-debugsource / pcre2-devel / etc (crlsa-2022_5809)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 358799

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-2022_5809 advisory.

* pcre2: Out-of-bounds read in compile_xclass_matchingpath in pcre2_jit_compile.c (CVE-2022-1586)

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-2022_5809.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:5809

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2077976

https://errata.build.resf.org/RLSA-2022:5809

http://www.nessus.org/u?db19b47f

http://www.nessus.org/u?eb2ae76a

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 358799

File Name: ciq_rocky_linux_8_crlsa-2022_5809.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

Percentile: 98.3

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Unknown

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.4

Temporal Score: 4.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-1586

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.1

Temporal Score: 7.9

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: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: 8/2/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/11/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-1586