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AlmaLinux 9 : 389-ds-base (ALSA-2024:5192)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 205474

Synopsis

The remote AlmaLinux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote AlmaLinux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALSA-2024:5192 advisory.

 * 389-ds-base: Malformed userPassword hash may cause Denial of Service (CVE-2024-5953)
 * 389-ds-base: unauthenticated user can trigger a DoS by sending a specific extended search request (CVE-2024-6237)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the AlmaLinux 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.

See Also

https://errata.almalinux.org/9/ALSA-2024-5192.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 205474

File Name: alma_linux_ALSA-2024-5192.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Published: 8/13/2024

Updated: 8/13/2024

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-6237

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::sap, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::supplementary, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::baseos, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::appstream, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::highavailability, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:389-ds-base, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::resilientstorage, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:python3-lib389, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::realtime, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:389-ds-base-devel, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::sap_hana, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::nfv, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::crb, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:389-ds-base-libs

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/12/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/13/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-5953, CVE-2024-6237

CWE: 1288, 230