RHEL 8 : tpm2-tss (RHSA-2023:7166)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 185707

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update for tpm2-tss.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2023:7166 advisory.

- tpm2-tss: Buffer Overlow in TSS2_RC_Decode (CVE-2023-22745)

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 tpm2-tss package based on the guidance in RHSA-2023:7166.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?819248f8

http://www.nessus.org/u?863862ba

https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#low

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2162610

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:7166

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 185707

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2023-7166.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/14/2023

Updated: 4/23/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.9

Temporal Score: 4.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-22745

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.4

Temporal Score: 5.8

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:tpm2-tss, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:tpm2-tss-devel

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/14/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/10/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-22745

CWE: 120

RHSA: 2023:7166