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Rocky Linux 9 : gnutls and nettle (RLSA-2022:6854)

high Nessus Plugin ID 184719

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-2022:6854 advisory.

 - A vulnerability found in gnutls. This security flaw happens because of a double free error occurs during verification of pkcs7 signatures in gnutls_pkcs7_verify function. (CVE-2022-2509)

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 packages.

See Also

https://errata.rockylinux.org/RLSA-2022:6854

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2076626

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2108635

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2108977

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2119770

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 184719

File Name: rocky_linux_RLSA-2022-6854.nasl

Version: 1.0

Type: local

Published: 11/6/2023

Updated: 11/6/2023

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-2022-2509

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:nettle-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:gnutls-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:gnutls-utils, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:gnutls-utils-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:gnutls-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:gnutls, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:gnutls-dane, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:gnutls-c%2b%2b-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:gnutls-devel, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:nettle-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:nettle-devel, cpe:/o:rocky:linux:9, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:gnutls-c%2b%2b, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:gnutls-dane-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:nettle

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: 10/11/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/1/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-2509