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RHEL 9 : apr-util (RHSA-2023:3146)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 175923
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Synopsis
The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update for apr-util.Description
The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2023:3146 advisory.The Apache Portable Runtime (APR) is a portability library used by the Apache HTTP Server and other projects. apr-util is a library which provides additional utility interfaces for APR; including support for XML parsing, LDAP, database interfaces, URI parsing, and more.
Security Fix(es):
* apr-util: out-of-bounds writes in the apr_base64 (CVE-2022-25147)
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 apr-util package based on the guidance in RHSA-2023:3146.See Also
http://www.nessus.org/u?684c0c61
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 175923
File Name: redhat-RHSA-2023-3146.nasl
Version: 1.6
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks
Published: 5/17/2023
Updated: 11/7/2024
Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Low
Score: 2.5
Vendor
Vendor Severity: Important
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 6.4
Temporal Score: 4.7
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-25147
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:N/I:L/A:L
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:apr-util-openssl, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:apr-util-bdb, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:apr-util, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:apr-util-pgsql, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:apr-util-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:apr-util-odbc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:apr-util-sqlite, cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_eus:9.0, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:apr-util-mysql, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:apr-util-ldap
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: 5/16/2023
Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/31/2023
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2022-25147