RHEL 8 : Red Hat Single Sign-On security update on RHEL 8 (Important) (RHSA-2021:5219)

high Nessus Plugin ID 156225

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Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update for Red Hat Single Sign-On.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2021:5219 advisory.

Red Hat Single Sign-On 7.5 is a standalone server, based on the Keycloak project, that provides authentication and standards-based single sign-on capabilities for web and mobile applications.

This is an asynchronous patch for Red Hat Single Sign-On 7.5, and includes one security fix.

Security Fix:

* keycloak: Incorrect authorization allows unpriviledged users to create other users (CVE-2021-4133)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 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 RHEL Red Hat Single Sign-On package based on the guidance in RHSA-2021:5219.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 156225

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2021-5219.nasl

Version: 1.9

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 12/21/2021

Updated: 6/4/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 4.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-4133

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rh-sso7-keycloak, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rh-sso7-keycloak-server, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/20/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/17/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-4133

CWE: 863

RHSA: 2021:5219

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