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RHEL 8 : yajl (RHSA-2024:2580)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 194829
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Synopsis
The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update for yajl.Description
The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2024:2580 advisory.Yet Another JSON Library (YAJL) is a small event-driven (SAX-style) JSON parser written in ANSI C, and a small validating JSON generator.
Security Fix(es):
* yajl: Memory leak in yajl_tree_parse function (CVE-2023-33460)
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 yajl package based on the guidance in RHSA-2024:2580.See Also
http://www.nessus.org/u?df8aac78
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2580
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 194829
File Name: redhat-RHSA-2024-2580.nasl
Version: 1.2
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks
Published: 4/30/2024
Updated: 6/3/2024
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
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.8
Temporal Score: 6.1
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-33460
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 6.5
Temporal Score: 5.9
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_eus:8.8, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:yajl-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:yajl
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: 4/30/2024
Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/6/2023
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2023-33460