RHEL 7 : rhc-worker-script (RHSA-2024:4893)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 204825

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Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates for rhc-worker-script.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2024:4893 advisory.

The rhc-worker-script package provides a worker for the Remote Host Configuration (rhc) for the purpose of executing an interpreted programming language script on hosts managed by Red Hat Insights.

Security Fix(es):

* golang: crypto/x509: Verify panics on certificates with an unknown public key algorithm (CVE-2024-24783)

* golang: html/template: errors returned from MarshalJSON methods may break template escaping (CVE-2024-24785)

* golang: net/http: memory exhaustion in Request.ParseMultipartForm (CVE-2023-45290)

* golang: net/netip: Unexpected behavior from Is methods for IPv4-mapped IPv6 addresses (CVE-2024-24790)

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 these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the RHEL rhc-worker-script package based on the guidance in RHSA-2024:4893.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 204825

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2024-4893.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 7/29/2024

Updated: 7/29/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

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-2024-24790

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: cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_els:7, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rhc-worker-script, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7

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: 7/29/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/5/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-45290, CVE-2024-24783, CVE-2024-24785, CVE-2024-24790

CWE: 115, 20, 400, 74

RHSA: 2024:4893

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