RHEL 9 : libeconf (RHSA-2023:5458)

high Nessus Plugin ID 182607

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Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update for libeconf.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 9 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2023:5458 advisory.

Libeconf is a highly flexible and configurable library to parse and manage key=value configuration files.
It reads configuration file snippets from different directories and builds the final configuration file from it.

Security Fix(es):

* libeconf: Stack overflow in function read_file at libeconf/lib/getfilecontents.c (CVE-2023-30079)

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 libeconf package based on the guidance in RHSA-2023:5458.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 182607

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2023-5458.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 10/5/2023

Updated: 11/7/2024

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Important

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-30079

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_eus:9.0, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libeconf

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/5/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/22/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-30079

CWE: 121

RHSA: 2023:5458

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