CentOS 8 : gnutls and nettle (CESA-2021:1206)

high Nessus Plugin ID 148688

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-2021:1206 advisory.

- nettle: Out of bounds memory access in signature verification (CVE-2021-20305)

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-2021:1206

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 148688

File Name: centos8_RHSA-2021-1206.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 4/15/2021

Updated: 4/15/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-20305

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.1

Temporal Score: 7.1

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:centos:centos:8, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:gnutls, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:gnutls-c%2b%2b, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:gnutls-dane, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:gnutls-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:gnutls-utils, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:nettle, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:nettle-devel

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/14/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/5/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-20305

RHSA: 2021:1206