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AlmaLinux 9 : xz (ALSA-2022:4940)

high Nessus Plugin ID 167666

Synopsis

The remote AlmaLinux host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote AlmaLinux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALSA-2022:4940 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 affected packages.

See Also

https://errata.almalinux.org/9/ALSA-2022-4940.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 167666

File Name: alma_linux_ALSA-2022-4940.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Published: 11/16/2022

Updated: 6/7/2024

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9

Temporal Score: 6.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-1271

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:xz-lzma-compat, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::appstream, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:xz, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:xz-devel, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:xz-libs, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::baseos

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/8/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/8/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-1271

CWE: 20

IAVA: 2024-A-0327