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Rocky Linux 9 : less (RLSA-2023:3725)

high Nessus Plugin ID 180407

Synopsis

The remote Rocky Linux host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Rocky Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RLSA-2023:3725 advisory.

 - In GNU Less before 609, crafted data can result in less -R not filtering ANSI escape sequences sent to the terminal. (CVE-2022-46663)

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 less, less-debuginfo and / or less-debugsource packages.

See Also

https://errata.rockylinux.org/RLSA-2023:3725

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2169621

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 180407

File Name: rocky_linux_RLSA-2023-3725.nasl

Version: 1.0

Type: local

Published: 8/31/2023

Updated: 8/31/2023

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, 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-2022-46663

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:rocky:linux:less-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:less-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:less, cpe:/o:rocky:linux:9

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/31/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/7/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-46663