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RHEL 8 : convert2rhel (RHSA-2022:1599)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 194264
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Synopsis
The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update for convert2rhel.Description
The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2022:1599 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 Enteprise Linux versions.
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-2022:1599.See Also
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
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 194264
File Name: redhat-RHSA-2022-1599.nasl
Version: 1.2
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks
Published: 4/28/2024
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: 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:8
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