CBL Mariner 2.0 Security Update: hdf5 (CVE-2024-29160)

high Nessus Plugin ID 201727

Synopsis

The remote CBL Mariner host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The version of hdf5 installed on the remote CBL Mariner 2.0 host is prior to tested version. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the CVE-2024-29160 advisory.

- HDF5 through 1.14.3 contains a heap buffer overflow in H5HG__cache_heap_deserialize, resulting in the corruption of the instruction pointer and causing denial of service or potential code execution.
(CVE-2024-29160)

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.

See Also

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-29160

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 201727

File Name: mariner_CVE-2024-29160.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Published: 7/3/2024

Updated: 7/3/2024

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 8.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-29160

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.4

Temporal Score: 6.4

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/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:microsoft:cbl-mariner:hdf5-debuginfo, x-cpe:/o:microsoft:cbl-mariner, p-cpe:/a:microsoft:cbl-mariner:hdf5-devel, p-cpe:/a:microsoft:cbl-mariner:hdf5, p-cpe:/a:microsoft:cbl-mariner:hdf5-static

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/1/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/14/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-29160