Rocky Linux 8 [CIQ] Security Update: prometheus-jmx-exporter (crlsa-2020_4807)

high Nessus Plugin ID 359358

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Synopsis

The Rocky Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The Rocky Linux 8 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the CIQ crlsa-2020_4807 advisory.

* snakeyaml: Billion laughs attack via alias feature (CVE-2017-18640)

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 prometheus-jmx-exporter package based on the guidance in CIQ advisory crlsa-2020_4807.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 359358

File Name: ciq_rocky_linux_8_crlsa-2020_4807.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: Local

Family: Rocky Linux Local Security Checks

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: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.18

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Unknown

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-18640

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/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: 11/3/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/12/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-18640

Detections

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