RHEL 7 : zlib (RHSA-2022:2213)

high Nessus Plugin ID 161080

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update for zlib.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2022:2213 advisory.

The zlib packages provide a general-purpose lossless data compression library that is used by many different programs.

Security Fix(es):

* zlib: A flaw found in zlib when compressing (not decompressing) certain inputs (CVE-2018-25032)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, 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 zlib package based on the guidance in RHSA-2022:2213.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?33856f72

https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2067945

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:2213

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 161080

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2022-2213.nasl

Version: 1.10

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 5/12/2022

Updated: 11/7/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Important

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-25032

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.7

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:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:zlib-devel, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:zlib-static, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:minizip, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:minizip-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:zlib

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/11/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/25/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-25032

CWE: 119

RHSA: 2022:2213