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AlmaLinux 8 : 389-ds:1.4 (5823) (ALSA-2022:5823)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 163905

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote AlmaLinux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALSA-2022:5823 advisory.

 - A vulnerability was discovered in the 389 Directory Server that allows an unauthenticated attacker with network access to the LDAP port to cause a denial of service. The denial of service is triggered by a single message sent over a TCP connection, no bind or other authentication is required. The message triggers a segmentation fault that results in slapd crashing. (CVE-2022-0918)

 - A vulnerability was found in the 389 Directory Server that allows expired passwords to access the database to cause improper authentication. (CVE-2022-0996)

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://errata.almalinux.org/8/ALSA-2022-5823.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 163905

File Name: alma_linux_ALSA-2022-5823.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Published: 8/6/2022

Updated: 10/16/2023

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4

Temporal Score: 3.1

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-0996

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.9

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:389-ds-base-legacy-tools, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:389-ds-base-devel, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:python3-lib389, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:389-ds-base-snmp, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:389-ds-base, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:389-ds-base-libs, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/2/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/16/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-0918, CVE-2022-0996