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AlmaLinux 9 : mingw-gcc (ALSA-2022:8415)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 167846

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-2022:8415 advisory.

 - GCC v12.0 was discovered to contain an uncontrolled recursion via the component libiberty/rust-demangle.c.
 This vulnerability allows attackers to cause a Denial of Service (DoS) by consuming excessive CPU and memory resources. (CVE-2021-46195)

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-2022-8415.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 167846

File Name: alma_linux_ALSA-2022-8415.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Published: 11/18/2022

Updated: 10/3/2023

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-46195

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/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:alma:linux:mingw64-cpp, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:mingw32-cpp, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:mingw32-gcc-c%2b%2b, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:mingw32-libgcc, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:mingw64-gcc, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::crb, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:mingw64-libgcc, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:mingw32-gcc, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:mingw64-gcc-c%2b%2b

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/15/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/14/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-46195

CWE: 674