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RHEL 8 : opencryptoki (RHSA-2024:1608)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 192853
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Synopsis
The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update for opencryptoki.Description
The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2024:1608 advisory.The opencryptoki packages contain version 2.11 of the PKCS#11 API, implemented for IBM Cryptocards, such as IBM 4764 and 4765 crypto cards. These packages includes support for the IBM 4758 Cryptographic CoProcessor (with the PKCS#11 firmware loaded), the IBM eServer Cryptographic Accelerator (FC 4960 on IBM eServer System p), the IBM Crypto Express2 (FC 0863 or FC 0870 on IBM System z), and the IBM CP Assist for Cryptographic Function (FC 3863 on IBM System z). The opencryptoki packages also bring a software token implementation that can be used without any cryptographic hardware. These packages contain the Slot Daemon (pkcsslotd) and general utilities.
Security Fix(es):
* opencryptoki: timing side-channel in handling of RSA PKCS#1 v1.5 padded ciphertexts (Marvin) (CVE-2024-0914)
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 opencryptoki package based on the guidance in RHSA-2024:1608.See Also
http://www.nessus.org/u?a1329376
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 192853
File Name: redhat-RHSA-2024-1608.nasl
Version: 1.3
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks
Published: 4/2/2024
Updated: 11/7/2024
Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Low
Score: 3.6
Vendor
Vendor Severity: Moderate
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 5.4
Temporal Score: 4
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-0914
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 5.9
Temporal Score: 5.2
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/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:redhat:enterprise_linux:opencryptoki-libs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:opencryptoki-icsftok, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:opencryptoki-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:opencryptoki-swtok, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:opencryptoki-ep11tok, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:opencryptoki-tpmtok, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:opencryptoki-ccatok, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:opencryptoki-icatok, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:opencryptoki, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8
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: 4/2/2024
Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/31/2024
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2024-0914