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Rocky Linux 8 : binutils (RLSA-2023:6236)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 185475

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-2023:6236 advisory.

 - An illegal memory access flaw was found in the binutils package. Parsing an ELF file containing corrupt symbol version information may result in a denial of service. This issue is the result of an incomplete fix for CVE-2020-16599. (CVE-2022-4285)

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-2023:6236

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2150768

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 185475

File Name: rocky_linux_RLSA-2023-6236.nasl

Version: 1.0

Type: local

Published: 11/11/2023

Updated: 11/11/2023

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.9

Temporal Score: 3.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-4285

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:binutils, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:binutils-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:binutils-devel, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:binutils-debugsource, cpe:/o:rocky:linux:8

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/11/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/3/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-4285