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Rocky Linux 9 : dmidecode (RLSA-2023:5061)

high Nessus Plugin ID 181887

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-2023:5061 advisory.

 - Dmidecode before 3.5 allows -dump-bin to overwrite a local file. This has security relevance because, for example, execution of Dmidecode via Sudo is plausible. (CVE-2023-30630)

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

See Also

https://errata.rockylinux.org/RLSA-2023:5061

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2186669

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 181887

File Name: rocky_linux_RLSA-2023-5061.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Published: 9/26/2023

Updated: 9/29/2023

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.2

Temporal Score: 4.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-30630

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.1

Temporal Score: 6.4

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

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

Vulnerability Information

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

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/26/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/13/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-30630