Rocky Linux 8 : container-tools:rhel8 (RLSA-2020:1379)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 184890

Synopsis

The remote Rocky Linux host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Rocky Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RLSA-2020:1379 advisory.

- In libslirp 4.1.0, as used in QEMU 4.2.0, tcp_subr.c misuses snprintf return values, leading to a buffer overflow in later code. (CVE-2020-8608)

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.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 184890

File Name: rocky_linux_RLSA-2020-1379.nasl

Version: 1.0

Type: local

Family: Rocky Linux Local Security Checks

Published: 11/7/2023

Updated: 11/7/2023

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-8608

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.6

Temporal Score: 4.9

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:slirp4netns, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:containernetworking-plugins, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:cockpit-podman, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:slirp4netns-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:udica, cpe:/o:rocky:linux:8, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:containernetworking-plugins-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:python-podman-api, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:containernetworking-plugins-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:slirp4netns-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:container-selinux

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/7/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/6/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-8608

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