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RHEL 9 : c-ares (RHSA-2024:3842)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 200417
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Synopsis
The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update for c-ares.Description
The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2024:3842 advisory.The c-ares C library defines asynchronous DNS (Domain Name System) requests and provides name resolving API.
Security Fix(es):
* c-ares: Out of bounds read in ares__read_line() (CVE-2024-25629)
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 c-ares package based on the guidance in RHSA-2024:3842.See Also
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#low
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2265713
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 200417
File Name: redhat-RHSA-2024-3842.nasl
Version: 1.2
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks
Published: 6/12/2024
Updated: 6/14/2024
Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Low
Score: 3.6
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 4.3
Temporal Score: 3.2
Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:M/C:N/I:N/A:C
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-25629
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 4.4
Temporal Score: 3.9
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:c-ares, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:c-ares-devel, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/cpu
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 6/11/2024
Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/23/2024
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2024-25629