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CentOS 8 : cockpit (CESA-2022:2008)

high Nessus Plugin ID 160895

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Synopsis

The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote CentOS Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the CESA-2022:2008 advisory.

 - cockpit: pages vulnerable to clickjacking (CVE-2021-3660)

 - cockpit: authenticates with revoked certificates (CVE-2021-3698)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues 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-2022:2008

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 160895

File Name: centos8_RHSA-2022-2008.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 5/10/2022

Updated: 5/10/2022

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, 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:P/I:N/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-3698

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:H/I:N/A:N

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:centos:centos:8-stream, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:cockpit, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:cockpit-bridge, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:cockpit-doc, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:cockpit-ws, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:cockpit-system

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/10/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/25/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-3660, CVE-2021-3698

RHSA: 2022:2008