Rocky Linux 9 : apr (RLSA-2023:7711)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 196981

Synopsis

The remote Rocky Linux host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Rocky Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RLSA-2023:7711 advisory.

- Integer Overflow or Wraparound vulnerability in apr_encode functions of Apache Portable Runtime (APR) allows an attacker to write beyond bounds of a buffer. This issue affects Apache Portable Runtime (APR) version 1.7.0. (CVE-2022-24963)

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 packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 196981

File Name: rocky_linux_RLSA-2023-7711.nasl

Version: 1.0

Type: local

Family: Rocky Linux Local Security Checks

Published: 5/14/2024

Updated: 5/14/2024

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-24963

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:apr-devel, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:apr-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:apr-debugsource, cpe:/o:rocky:linux:9, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:apr

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/10/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/31/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-24963

Detections

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