Rocky Linux 8 : libXpm (RLSA-2024:2974)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 200572

Synopsis

The remote Rocky Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Rocky Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RLSA-2024:2974 advisory.

* libXpm: out of bounds read in XpmCreateXpmImageFromBuffer() (CVE-2023-43788)

* libXpm: out of bounds read on XPM with corrupted colormap (CVE-2023-43789)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Rocky Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 200572

File Name: rocky_linux_RLSA-2024-2974.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Family: Rocky Linux Local Security Checks

Published: 6/14/2024

Updated: 6/14/2024

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.6

Temporal Score: 3.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-43789

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 4.8

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:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:libxpm-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:libxpm-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:libxpm-devel-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:libxpm-devel, cpe:/o:rocky:linux:8, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:libxpm

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: 6/14/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/10/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-43788, CVE-2023-43789

Detections

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