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AlmaLinux 8 : libksba (ALSA-2023:0625)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 171360

Synopsis

The remote AlmaLinux host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote AlmaLinux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALSA-2023:0625 advisory.

 - Libksba before 1.6.3 is prone to an integer overflow vulnerability in the CRL signature parser.
 (CVE-2022-47629)

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 libksba and / or libksba-devel packages.

See Also

https://errata.almalinux.org/8/ALSA-2023-0625.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 171360

File Name: alma_linux_ALSA-2023-0625.nasl

Version: 1.0

Type: local

Published: 2/10/2023

Updated: 2/10/2023

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-47629

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/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:libksba, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::powertools, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::baseos, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:libksba-devel

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/7/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/20/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-47629

CWE: 190

IAVA: 2023-A-0072