Scientific Linux Security Update : cyrus-sasl on SL7.x i686/x86_64 (2022:0666)

high Nessus Plugin ID 158348

Synopsis

The remote Scientific Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Scientific Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SLSA-2022:0666-1 advisory.

- cyrus-sasl: failure to properly escape SQL input allows an attacker to execute arbitrary SQL commands (CVE-2022-24407)

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://www.scientificlinux.org/category/sl-errata/slsa-20220666-1

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 158348

File Name: sl_20220224_cyrus_sasl_on_SL7_x.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/24/2022

Updated: 3/7/2022

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, 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-2022-24407

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:fermilab:scientific_linux:cyrus-sasl, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:cyrus-sasl-md5, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:cyrus-sasl-ldap, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:cyrus-sasl-sql, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:cyrus-sasl-gssapi, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:cyrus-sasl-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:cyrus-sasl-plain, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:cyrus-sasl-scram, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:cyrus-sasl-devel, cpe:/o:fermilab:scientific_linux, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:cyrus-sasl-lib, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:cyrus-sasl-ntlm, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:cyrus-sasl-gs2

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/24/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/23/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-24407