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RHEL 9 : protobuf (RHSA-2022:7970)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 167540
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Synopsis
The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update for protobuf.Description
The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2022:7970 advisory.- protobuf: Incorrect parsing of nullchar in the proto symbol leads to Nullptr dereference (CVE-2021-22570)
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 protobuf package based on the guidance in RHSA-2022:7970.See Also
http://www.nessus.org/u?1f1eb6cc
http://www.nessus.org/u?fceddc50
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 167540
File Name: redhat-RHSA-2022-7970.nasl
Version: 1.5
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks
Published: 11/15/2022
Updated: 4/28/2024
Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Low
Score: 3.6
Vendor
Vendor Severity: Moderate
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Low
Base Score: 2.1
Temporal Score: 1.6
Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-22570
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 5.5
Temporal Score: 4.8
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:protobuf-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:protobuf-lite, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:protobuf-lite-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:protobuf, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python3-protobuf, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:protobuf-compiler
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: 11/15/2022
Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/26/2022
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2021-22570