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RHEL 9 : libqb (RHSA-2023:5597)
critical Nessus Plugin ID 182836
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Synopsis
The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update for libqb.Description
The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2023:5597 advisory.The libqb packages provide a library with the primary purpose of providing high performance client/server reusable features, such as high performance logging, tracing, inter-process communication, and polling.
Security Fix(es):
* libqb: Buffer overflow in log_blackbox.c (CVE-2023-39976)
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 libqb package based on the guidance in RHSA-2023:5597.See Also
http://www.nessus.org/u?605c0803
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate
Plugin Details
Severity: Critical
ID: 182836
File Name: redhat-RHSA-2023-5597.nasl
Version: 1.3
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks
Published: 10/10/2023
Updated: 11/7/2024
Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 5.9
Vendor
Vendor Severity: Moderate
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-2023-39976
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Critical
Base Score: 9.8
Temporal Score: 8.5
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/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:libqb, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libqb-devel
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: 10/10/2023
Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/8/2023
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2023-39976