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RHEL 9 : pki-core (RHSA-2022:7326)
high Nessus Plugin ID 166884
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Synopsis
The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update for pki-core.Description
The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2022:7326 advisory.The Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) Core contains fundamental packages required by Red Hat Certificate System.
Security Fix(es):
* pki-core: access to external entities when parsing XML can lead to XXE (CVE-2022-2414)
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 pki-core package based on the guidance in RHSA-2022:7326.See Also
http://www.nessus.org/u?3c4efdb4
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 166884
File Name: redhat-RHSA-2022-7326.nasl
Version: 1.8
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks
Published: 11/3/2022
Updated: 11/8/2024
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: High
Base Score: 7.8
Temporal Score: 6.1
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-2414
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:H/I:N/A:N
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:pki-server, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:pki-tools, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:pki-base, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python3-pki, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:pki-acme, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:pki-symkey, cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_eus:9.0, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:pki-kra, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:pki-core, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:pki-ca, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:pki-base-java
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: 11/2/2022
Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/29/2022
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2022-2414