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RHEL 9 : c-ares (RHSA-2023:7368)
high Nessus Plugin ID 186074
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Synopsis
The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update for c-ares.Description
The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2023:7368 advisory.- c-ares: buffer overflow in config_sortlist() due to missing string length check (CVE-2022-4904)
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 c-ares package based on the guidance in RHSA-2023:7368.See Also
http://www.nessus.org/u?a2b1f107
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 186074
File Name: redhat-RHSA-2023-7368.nasl
Version: 1.1
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks
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: 5.5
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 9
Temporal Score: 7
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:C
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-4904
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 8.6
Temporal Score: 7.7
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_eus:9.2, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:c-ares, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:c-ares-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: 11/21/2023
Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/20/2023
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2022-4904