Detections
Analytics
AlmaLinux 8 : pcs (ALSA-2024:6670)
high Nessus Plugin ID 207341
Synopsis
The remote AlmaLinux host is missing one or more security updates.Description
The remote AlmaLinux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALSA-2024:6670 advisory.* rexml: rubygem-rexml: DoS when parsing an XML having many specific characters such as whitespace character, >] and ]> (CVE-2024-41123)
* rexml: DoS vulnerability in REXML (CVE-2024-41946)
* rexml: DoS vulnerability in REXML (CVE-2024-43398)
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 pcs and / or pcs-snmp packages.See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 207341
File Name: alma_linux_ALSA-2024-6670.nasl
Version: 1.1
Type: local
Family: Alma Linux Local Security Checks
Published: 9/17/2024
Updated: 9/17/2024
Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Low
Score: 3.6
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.8
Temporal Score: 5.8
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-41946
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.5
Temporal Score: 6.5
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:pcs-snmp, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::sap_hana, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::nfv, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:pcs, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::highavailability, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::powertools, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::realtime, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::baseos, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::resilientstorage, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::sap, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::appstream, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::supplementary
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: 9/16/2024
Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/1/2024