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Rocky Linux 8 : aspell (RLSA-2022:1808)

high Nessus Plugin ID 161343

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-2022:1808 advisory.

 - objstack in GNU Aspell 0.60.8 has a heap-based buffer overflow in acommon::ObjStack::dup_top (called from acommon::StringMap::add and acommon::Config::lookup_list). (CVE-2019-25051)

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-2022:1808

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1984066

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 161343

File Name: rocky_linux_RLSA-2022-1808.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Published: 5/18/2022

Updated: 11/6/2023

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.6

Temporal Score: 3.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-25051

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/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:rocky:linux:aspell-devel, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:aspell-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:aspell, cpe:/o:rocky:linux:8, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:aspell-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: 5/18/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/20/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-25051