RHEL 9 : skopeo (RHSA-2023:6363)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 185136

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Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates for skopeo.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2023:6363 advisory.

The skopeo command lets you inspect images from container image registries, get images and image layers, and use signatures to create and verify files.

Security Fix(es):

* golang: html/template: improper handling of JavaScript whitespace (CVE-2023-24540)

* net/http, golang.org/x/net/http2: avoid quadratic complexity in HPACK decoding (CVE-2022-41723)

* golang: crypto/tls: large handshake records may cause panics (CVE-2022-41724)

* golang: net/http, mime/multipart: denial of service from excessive resource consumption (CVE-2022-41725)

* golang: net/http, net/textproto: denial of service from excessive memory allocation (CVE-2023-24534)

* golang: net/http, net/textproto, mime/multipart: denial of service from excessive resource consumption (CVE-2023-24536)

* golang: go/parser: Infinite loop in parsing (CVE-2023-24537)

* golang: html/template: backticks not treated as string delimiters (CVE-2023-24538)

* golang: html/template: improper sanitization of CSS values (CVE-2023-24539)

* golang: html/template: improper handling of empty HTML attributes (CVE-2023-29400)

* golang: net/http: insufficient sanitization of Host header (CVE-2023-29406)

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.

Additional Changes:

For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.3 Release Notes linked from 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 these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the RHEL skopeo package based on the guidance in RHSA-2023:6363.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 185136

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2023-6363.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 11/7/2023

Updated: 11/7/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

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-2023-24540

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: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:skopeo, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:skopeo-tests, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9

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: 11/7/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/15/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-41723, CVE-2022-41724, CVE-2022-41725, CVE-2023-24534, CVE-2023-24536, CVE-2023-24537, CVE-2023-24538, CVE-2023-24539, CVE-2023-24540, CVE-2023-29400, CVE-2023-29406

CWE: 113, 176, 400, 835, 94

RHSA: 2023:6363

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