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Rocky Linux 8 : idm:DL1 (RLSA-2021:1983)

high Nessus Plugin ID 157816

Synopsis

The remote Rocky Linux host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Rocky Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RLSA-2021:1983 advisory.

 - A flaw was found in slapi-nis in versions before 0.56.7. A NULL pointer dereference during the parsing of the Binding DN could allow an unauthenticated attacker to crash the 389-ds-base directory server. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability. (CVE-2021-3480)

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://errata.rockylinux.org/RLSA-2021:1983

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1944640

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 157816

File Name: rocky_linux_RLSA-2021-1983.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Published: 2/9/2022

Updated: 11/6/2023

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-3480

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:ipa-client-epn, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:ipa-healthcheck, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:python3-yubico, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:softhsm-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:ipa-server-trust-ad-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:softhsm-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:opendnssec, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:ipa-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:slapi-nis-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:python3-ipalib, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:ipa-client-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:ipa-healthcheck-core, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:softhsm-devel, cpe:/o:rocky:linux:8, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:ipa-client-samba, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:ipa-server-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:python3-custodia, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:bind-dyndb-ldap-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:slapi-nis, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:python3-ipatests, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:python3-qrcode-core, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:python3-qrcode, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:ipa-client, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:bind-dyndb-ldap, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:python3-ipaclient, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:ipa-server-trust-ad, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:ipa-server-dns, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:ipa-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:opendnssec-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:ipa-selinux, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:bind-dyndb-ldap-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:ipa-client-common, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:python3-ipaserver, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:custodia, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:ipa-common, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:python3-pyusb, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:softhsm, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:ipa-server, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:ipa-python-compat, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:ipa-server-common, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:python3-jwcrypto, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:opendnssec-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:python3-kdcproxy, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:slapi-nis-debugsource

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/22/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/18/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-3480