RHEL 7 : convert2rhel (RHSA-2022:1617)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 194263

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update for convert2rhel.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2022:1617 advisory.

The convert2rhel package provides the Convert2RHEL utility, which performs operating system conversion.
During the conversion process, Convert2RHEL replaces all RPM packages from the original Linux distribution with their Red Hat Enterprise Linux version.

Security fix:

* convert2rhel: Red Hat account password passed via command line by code (CVE-2022-0852)

Enhancement:

* Enable the conversion of untested 8.6 to 8.10 on release day

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 convert2rhel package based on the guidance in RHSA-2022:1617.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?2e4daa70

https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important

http://www.nessus.org/u?c353eb9f

https://access.redhat.com/support/policy/convert2rhel-support

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2060129

https://issues.redhat.com/browse/RHELC-206

https://issues.redhat.com/browse/RHELC-432

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:1617

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 194263

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2022-1617.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 4/28/2024

Updated: 11/7/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Important

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.6

Temporal Score: 3.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-0852

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:convert2rhel, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/27/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/27/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-0852

CWE: 359

RHSA: 2022:1617