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RHEL 9 : zlib (RHSA-2022:7314)
critical Nessus Plugin ID 166888
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Synopsis
The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update for zlib.Description
The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2022:7314 advisory.The zlib packages provide a general-purpose lossless data compression library that is used by many different programs.
Security Fix(es):
* zlib: a heap-based buffer over-read or buffer overflow in inflate in inflate.c via a large gzip header extra field (CVE-2022-37434)
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 zlib package based on the guidance in RHSA-2022:7314.See Also
http://www.nessus.org/u?e2267645
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification#moderate
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate
Plugin Details
Severity: Critical
ID: 166888
File Name: redhat-RHSA-2022-7314.nasl
Version: 1.9
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks
Published: 11/3/2022
Updated: 11/7/2024
Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 6.7
Vendor
Vendor Severity: Moderate
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Critical
Base Score: 10
Temporal Score: 7.8
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-37434
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Critical
Base Score: 9.8
Temporal Score: 8.8
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:zlib-devel, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:zlib-static, cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_eus:9.0, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:zlib
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: 8/5/2022
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2022-37434