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CentOS 8 : pki-core:10.6 (CESA-2021:0966)

high Nessus Plugin ID 148033

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Synopsis

The remote CentOS host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote CentOS Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the CESA-2021:0966 advisory.

 - pki-core: Unprivileged users can renew any certificate (CVE-2021-20179)

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.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:0966

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 148033

File Name: centos8_RHSA-2021-0966.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 3/24/2021

Updated: 2/8/2023

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 4.1

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-20179

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.1

Temporal Score: 7.1

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:python3-pki, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:pki-base-java, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:pki-symkey, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:jss-javadoc, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:pki-tools, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:jss, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:ldapjdk-javadoc, cpe:/o:centos:centos:8, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:pki-base, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:pki-kra, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:pki-server, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:pki-ca, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:tomcatjss, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:ldapjdk

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/CentOS/release, Host/CentOS/rpm-list, Host/cpu

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/23/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/12/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-20179

RHSA: 2021:0966