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CentOS 9 : libeconf-0.4.1-3.el9

medium Nessus Plugin ID 191354

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote CentOS Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the libeconf-0.4.1-3.el9 build changelog.

 - A Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow') vulnerability in openSUSE libeconf leads to DoS via malformed config files. This issue affects libeconf: before 0.5.2.
 (CVE-2023-22652)

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 libeconf package.

See Also

https://kojihub.stream.centos.org/koji/buildinfo?buildID=33516

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 191354

File Name: centos9_libeconf-0_4_1-3.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, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 5.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-22652

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:centos:centos:9, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libeconf, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libeconf-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libeconf-utils

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: 6/7/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/1/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-22652