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Rocky Linux 8 : fwupd (RLSA-2023:7189)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 186395

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-2023:7189 advisory.

 - When creating an OPERATOR user account on the BMC, the redfish plugin saved the auto-generated password to /etc/fwupd/redfish.conf without proper restriction, allowing any user on the system to read the same configuration file. (CVE-2022-3287)

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-2023:7189

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2129904

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 186395

File Name: rocky_linux_RLSA-2023-7189.nasl

Version: 1.0

Type: local

Published: 11/28/2023

Updated: 11/28/2023

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-3287

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

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

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/28/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/28/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-3287