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CBL Mariner 2.0 Security Update: heimdal (CVE-2022-41916)

high Nessus Plugin ID 172770

Synopsis

The remote CBL Mariner host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The version of heimdal installed on the remote CBL Mariner 2.0 host is prior to tested version. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the CVE-2022-41916 advisory.

 - Heimdal is an implementation of ASN.1/DER, PKIX, and Kerberos. Versions prior to 7.7.1 are vulnerable to a denial of service vulnerability in Heimdal's PKI certificate validation library, affecting the KDC (via PKINIT) and kinit (via PKINIT), as well as any third-party applications using Heimdal's libhx509. Users should upgrade to Heimdal 7.7.1 or 7.8. There are no known workarounds for this issue. (CVE-2022-41916)

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://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-41916

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 172770

File Name: mariner_heimdal_CVE-2022-41916.nasl

Version: 1.0

Type: local

Published: 3/20/2023

Updated: 3/20/2023

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 5.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-41916

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:microsoft:cbl-mariner:heimdal-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:microsoft:cbl-mariner:heimdal-devel, p-cpe:/a:microsoft:cbl-mariner:heimdal-libs, p-cpe:/a:microsoft:cbl-mariner:heimdal-path, p-cpe:/a:microsoft:cbl-mariner:heimdal-server, p-cpe:/a:microsoft:cbl-mariner:heimdal-workstation, x-cpe:/o:microsoft:cbl-mariner

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/8/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/8/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-41916