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RHEL 7 : convert2rhel (RHSA-2022:6268)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 194276
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Synopsis
The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update.Description
The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2022:6268 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(es):
* convert2rhel: Activation key passed via command line by code (CVE-2022-0851)
Bug Fix(es):
* Conversion fails due to gnome-documents-libs conflict (BZ#2043724)
* Using dbus API for RHSM registration to safely pass the activation key
* Verifying GPG key for UBI repositories
Deprecation:
* Deprecated `-f|--password-from-file` parameter option
Enhancement(s):
* Checking if a new version of convert2rhel is available
* Warning if multiple authentication sources are specified
* Fixed logging error with unavailable RHSM certificate
* Fixed gnome-documents-libs package conflict
* Fixed handling shim-x64 package protection on non-UEFI systems
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 affected convert2rhel package.See Also
http://www.nessus.org/u?ed1aa5a7
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2043724
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2060217
https://issues.redhat.com/browse/RHELC-700
https://issues.redhat.com/browse/RHELC-701
https://issues.redhat.com/browse/RHELC-702
https://issues.redhat.com/browse/RHELC-703
https://issues.redhat.com/browse/RHELC-704
https://issues.redhat.com/browse/RHELC-705
https://issues.redhat.com/browse/RHELC-706
https://issues.redhat.com/browse/RHELC-707
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 194276
File Name: redhat-RHSA-2022-6268.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, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 4.4
Vendor
Vendor Severity: Moderate
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-2022-0851
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: 8/31/2022
Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/29/2022
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2022-0851