Rocky Linux 8 [CIQ] Security Update: curl / curl-debuginfo / curl-debugsource / libcurl / etc Multiple Vulnerabilities (crlsa-2022_6159)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 359415

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 multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the CIQ crlsa-2022_6159 advisory.

* curl: HTTP compression denial of service (CVE-2022-32206)

* curl: FTP-KRB bad message verification (CVE-2022-32208)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the CIQ security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues 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_6159.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:6159

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2099300

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2099306

https://errata.build.resf.org/RLSA-2022:6159

http://www.nessus.org/u?6f3504b6

http://www.nessus.org/u?84df9359

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 359415

File Name: ciq_rocky_linux_8_crlsa-2022_6159.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: 3

Percentile: 23.51

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-2022-32208

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: 8/24/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/27/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-32206, CVE-2022-32208