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CentOS 9 : openblas-0.3.15-3.el9

critical Nessus Plugin ID 191146

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Synopsis

The remote CentOS host is missing a security update for openblas.

Description

The remote CentOS Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the openblas-0.3.15-3.el9 build changelog.

 - An out-of-bounds read flaw was found in the CLARRV, DLARRV, SLARRV, and ZLARRV functions in lapack through version 3.10.0, as also used in OpenBLAS before version 0.3.18. Specially crafted inputs passed to these functions could cause an application using lapack to crash or possibly disclose portions of its memory.
 (CVE-2021-4048)

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 CentOS 9 Stream openblas package.

See Also

https://kojihub.stream.centos.org/koji/buildinfo?buildID=17271

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 191146

File Name: centos9_openblas-0_3_15-3.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/29/2024

Updated: 4/26/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.4

Temporal Score: 4.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-4048

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.1

Temporal Score: 7.9

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:openblas-serial64, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:openblas-threads, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:openblas, cpe:/a:centos:centos:9, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:openblas-static, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:openblas-threads64, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:openblas-threads64_, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:openblas-serial64_, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:openblas-openmp64_, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:openblas-openmp, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:openblas-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:openblas-serial, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:openblas-openmp64

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/22/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/8/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-4048