RHEL 9 : libqb (RHSA-2023:7376)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 186063

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update for libqb.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2023:7376 advisory.

- libqb: Buffer overflow in log_blackbox.c (CVE-2023-39976)

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 libqb package based on the guidance in RHSA-2023:7376.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?63d3c46c

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

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2230708

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:7376

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 186063

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2023-7376.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/21/2023

Updated: 4/28/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

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-2023-39976

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:libqb, cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_eus:9.2, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libqb-devel

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: 11/21/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/8/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-39976

CWE: 119

RHSA: 2023:7376