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RHEL 8 : pcre2 (RHSA-2022:5809)
critical Nessus Plugin ID 163792
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Synopsis
The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update for pcre2.Description
The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2022:5809 advisory.- pcre2: Out-of-bounds read in compile_xclass_matchingpath in pcre2_jit_compile.c (CVE-2022-1586)
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 pcre2 package based on the guidance in RHSA-2022:5809.See Also
http://www.nessus.org/u?21d2ff33
http://www.nessus.org/u?9341665d
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate
Plugin Details
Severity: Critical
ID: 163792
File Name: redhat-RHSA-2022-5809.nasl
Version: 1.8
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks
Published: 8/3/2022
Updated: 4/21/2024
Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 5.2
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 6.4
Temporal Score: 4.7
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-1586
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Critical
Base Score: 9.1
Temporal Score: 7.9
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:pcre2-utf16, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:pcre2, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:pcre2-utf32, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:pcre2-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:pcre2-tools, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8
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: 8/3/2022
Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/11/2022
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2022-1586