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RHEL 8 : less (RHSA-2024:1610)
critical Nessus Plugin ID 192855
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Synopsis
The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update for less.Description
The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2024:1610 advisory.The less utility is a text file browser that resembles more, but allows users to move backwards in the file as well as forwards. Since less does not read the entire input file at startup, it also starts more quickly than ordinary text editors.
Security Fix(es):
* less: missing quoting of shell metacharacters in LESSCLOSE handling (CVE-2022-48624)
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 less package based on the guidance in RHSA-2024:1610.See Also
http://www.nessus.org/u?e108a281
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate
Plugin Details
Severity: Critical
ID: 192855
File Name: redhat-RHSA-2024-1610.nasl
Version: 1.3
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks
Published: 4/2/2024
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: 6.7
Vendor
Vendor Severity: Moderate
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-2022-48624
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:less, 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: 2/19/2024
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2022-48624