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RHEL 8 : xz (RHSA-2022:4991)
high Nessus Plugin ID 162158
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Synopsis
The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update for xz.Description
The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2022:4991 advisory.- gzip: arbitrary-file-write vulnerability (CVE-2022-1271)
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 xz package based on the guidance in RHSA-2022:4991.See Also
http://www.nessus.org/u?a0517447
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 162158
File Name: redhat-RHSA-2022-4991.nasl
Version: 1.11
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks
Published: 6/13/2022
Updated: 6/7/2024
Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 6.7
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 9
Temporal Score: 6.7
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-1271
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:redhat:enterprise_linux:xz-lzma-compat, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:xz-libs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:xz, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:xz-devel, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/cpu
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 6/13/2022
Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/19/2022
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2022-1271