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Rocky Linux 8 [CIQ] Security Update: grub2-common / grub2-debuginfo / grub2-debugsource / grub2-efi-aa64 / etc (crlsa-2022_2110)

low Nessus Plugin ID 358987

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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-2022_2110 advisory.

 * grub2: Incorrect permission in grub.cfg allow unprivileged user to read the file content (CVE-2021-3981)

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_2110.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:2110

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1809246

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1899903

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1914575

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2016269

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2020927

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2024170

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2048904

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2061252

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2069157

https://errata.build.resf.org/RLSA-2022:2110

http://www.nessus.org/u?332fcc2f

http://www.nessus.org/u?69c007f1

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 358987

File Name: ciq_rocky_linux_8_crlsa-2022_2110.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: Low

Score: 1.2

Percentile: 0.01

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Unknown

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2.1

Temporal Score: 1.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-3981

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.3

Temporal Score: 2.9

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

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: 5/10/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/30/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-3981