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CentOS 8 : nginx:1.16 (CESA-2021:2290)
high Nessus Plugin ID 150833
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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-2021:2290 advisory.- nginx: Off-by-one in ngx_resolver_copy() when labels are followed by a pointer to a root domain name (CVE-2021-23017)
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
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 150833
File Name: centos8_RHSA-2021-2290.nasl
Version: 1.6
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: CentOS Local Security Checks
Published: 6/16/2021
Updated: 3/23/2023
Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 6.3
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 6.8
Temporal Score: 5.3
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-23017
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.7
Temporal Score: 6.9
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:nginx-mod-http-xslt-filter, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:nginx-all-modules, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:nginx-filesystem, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:nginx-mod-stream, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:nginx-mod-mail, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:nginx-mod-http-image-filter, cpe:/o:centos:centos:8, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:nginx, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:nginx-mod-http-perl
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/CentOS/release, Host/CentOS/rpm-list, Host/cpu
Exploit Available: true
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 6/8/2021
Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/25/2021
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2021-23017
IAVB: 2021-B-0031
RHSA: 2021:2290