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RHEL 8 : libarchive (RHSA-2024:0146)
critical Nessus Plugin ID 187896
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Synopsis
The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update for libarchive.Description
The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2024:0146 advisory.The libarchive programming library can create and read several different streaming archive formats, including GNU tar, cpio, and ISO 9660 CD-ROM images. Libarchive is used notably in the bsdtar utility, scripting language bindings such as python-libarchive, and several popular desktop file managers.
Security Fix(es):
* libarchive: NULL pointer dereference in archive_write.c (CVE-2022-36227)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.
Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.
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 libarchive package based on the guidance in RHSA-2024:0146.See Also
http://www.nessus.org/u?b026c9bb
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#low
Plugin Details
Severity: Critical
ID: 187896
File Name: redhat-RHSA-2024-0146.nasl
Version: 1.4
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks
Published: 1/10/2024
Updated: 11/7/2024
Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 5.9
Vendor
Vendor Severity: Low
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-2022-36227
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:libarchive-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:bsdtar, cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_eus:8.6, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libarchive
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: 1/10/2024
Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/8/2022
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2022-36227