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RHEL 9 : OpenIPMI (RHSA-2024:8037)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 209001
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Synopsis
The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update for OpenIPMI.Description
The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2024:8037 advisory.The OpenIPMI packages provide command-line tools and utilities to access platform information using Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI). System administrators can use OpenIPMI to manage systems and to perform system health monitoring.
Security Fix(es):
* openipmi: missing check on the authorization type on incoming LAN messages in IPMI simulator (CVE-2024-42934)
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 OpenIPMI package based on the guidance in RHSA-2024:8037.See Also
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2308375
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 209001
File Name: redhat-RHSA-2024-8037.nasl
Version: 1.2
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks
Published: 10/14/2024
Updated: 11/5/2024
Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Low
Score: 3.4
Vendor
Vendor Severity: Moderate
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 4.3
Temporal Score: 3.2
Vector: CVSS2#AV:A/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-42934
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 5
Temporal Score: 4.4
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:openipmi, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:openipmi-libs, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9, cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_eus:9.4, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:openipmi-lanserv, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:openipmi-devel
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: 10/14/2024
Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/19/2024
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2024-42934