AlmaLinux 9 : gnupg2 (ALSA-2022:6602)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 167674

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-2022:6602 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 gnupg2 and / or gnupg2-smime packages.

See Also

https://errata.almalinux.org/9/ALSA-2022-6602.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 167674

File Name: alma_linux_ALSA-2022-6602.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Published: 11/16/2022

Updated: 10/3/2023

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.8

Temporal Score: 4.5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-34903

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.9

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::appstream, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:gnupg2-smime, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:gnupg2, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::baseos

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/20/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/20/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-34903

CWE: 347