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AlmaLinux 9 : krb5 (ALSA-2024:6166)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 206613

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-2024:6166 advisory.

 * krb5: GSS message token handling (CVE-2024-37371)
 * krb5: GSS message token handling (CVE-2024-37370)

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-2024-6166.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 206613

File Name: alma_linux_ALSA-2024-6166.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Published: 9/4/2024

Updated: 9/4/2024

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.4

Temporal Score: 7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-37371

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.1

Temporal Score: 7.9

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::baseos, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::highavailability, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:krb5-pkinit, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::appstream, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::realtime, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:krb5-workstation, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::resilientstorage, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::sap_hana, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::supplementary, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:krb5-server, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:krb5-server-ldap, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::sap, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::crb, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::nfv, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:libkadm5, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:krb5-libs, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:krb5-devel

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/3/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/28/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-37370, CVE-2024-37371