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Rocky Linux 8 : booth (RLSA-2022:6439)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 167804

Synopsis

The remote Rocky Linux host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Rocky Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RLSA-2022:6439 advisory.

 - The authfile directive in the booth config file is ignored, preventing use of authentication in communications from node to node. As a result, nodes that do not have the correct authentication key are not prevented from communicating with other nodes in the cluster. (CVE-2022-2553)

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://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2109251

https://errata.rockylinux.org/RLSA-2022:6439

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 167804

File Name: rocky_linux_RLSA-2022-6439.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Published: 11/17/2022

Updated: 11/6/2023

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 2.5

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.4

Temporal Score: 4.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-2553

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:booth-core, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:booth-core-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:booth-test, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:booth-arbitrator, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:booth-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:booth, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:booth-site, cpe:/o:rocky:linux:8

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/23/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/23/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-2553