RHEL 9 : mingw-zlib (RHSA-2022:8420)

high Nessus Plugin ID 167612

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Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update for mingw-zlib.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2022:8420 advisory.

The zlib packages provide a general-purpose lossless data compression library that is used by many different programs.

Security Fix(es):

* zlib: A flaw found in zlib when compressing (not decompressing) certain inputs (CVE-2018-25032)

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.

Additional Changes:

For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.1 Release Notes linked from 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 mingw-zlib package based on the guidance in RHSA-2022:8420.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 167612

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2022-8420.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 11/16/2022

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: 4.4

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Important

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-25032

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:N/I:N/A:H

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:mingw32-zlib, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:mingw-zlib, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:mingw64-zlib-static, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:mingw32-zlib-static, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:mingw64-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: 11/15/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/25/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-25032

CWE: 119

RHSA: 2022:8420

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