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RHEL 8 : convert2rhel (RHSA-2022:6269)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 194279
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Synopsis
The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update.Description
The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2022:6269 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 versions.
Security Fix(es):
* convert2rhel: Activation key passed via command line by code (CVE-2022-0851)
Bug Fix(es):
* 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 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
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2060217
https://issues.redhat.com/browse/RHELC-126
https://issues.redhat.com/browse/RHELC-251
https://issues.redhat.com/browse/RHELC-332
https://issues.redhat.com/browse/RHELC-367
https://issues.redhat.com/browse/RHELC-411
https://issues.redhat.com/browse/RHELC-413
https://issues.redhat.com/browse/RHELC-45
https://issues.redhat.com/browse/RHELC-597
https://issues.redhat.com/browse/RHELC-678
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 194279
File Name: redhat-RHSA-2022-6269.nasl
Version: 1.1
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: 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: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: 8/31/2022
Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/29/2022
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2022-0851