RHEL 9 : libuv (RHSA-2024:4756)

high Nessus Plugin ID 203672

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Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update for libuv.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2024:4756 advisory.

libuv is a multi-platform support library with a focus on asynchronous I/O.

Security Fix(es):

* libuv: Improper Domain Lookup that potentially leads to SSRF attacks (CVE-2024-24806)

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 libuv package based on the guidance in RHSA-2024:4756.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 203672

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2024-4756.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 7/23/2024

Updated: 11/7/2024

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.2

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Moderate

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-24806

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.3

Temporal Score: 6.6

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libuv, cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_eus:9.4, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libuv-devel, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9

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: 7/23/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/7/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-24806

CWE: 918

RHSA: 2024:4756

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