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RHEL 8 : pesign (RHSA-2023:1066)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 172119
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Synopsis
The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update for pesign.Description
The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2023:1066 advisory.The pesign packages provide the pesign utility for signing UEFI binaries as well as other associated tools.
Security Fix(es):
* pesign: Local privilege escalation on pesign systemd service (CVE-2022-3560)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.
Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security 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 RHEL pesign package based on the guidance in RHSA-2023:1066.See Also
http://www.nessus.org/u?aa14f066
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 172119
File Name: redhat-RHSA-2023-1066.nasl
Version: 1.3
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks
Published: 3/6/2023
Updated: 11/7/2024
Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Low
Score: 3.6
Vendor
Vendor Severity: Important
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 4.6
Temporal Score: 3.4
Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:N/A:N
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-3560
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 5.5
Temporal Score: 4.8
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_eus:8.4, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:pesign
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/cpu
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 3/6/2023
Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/31/2023
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2022-3560