CBL Mariner 2.0 Security Update: OpenIPMI (CVE-2024-42934)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 209175

Synopsis

The remote CBL Mariner host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The version of OpenIPMI installed on the remote CBL Mariner 2.0 host is prior to tested version. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the CVE-2024-42934 advisory.

- OpenIPMI before 2.0.36 has an out-of-bounds array access (for authentication type) in the ipmi_sim simulator, resulting in denial of service or (with very low probability) authentication bypass or code execution. (CVE-2024-42934)

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 affected packages.

See Also

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-42934

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 209175

File Name: mariner_CVE-2024-42934.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Published: 10/17/2024

Updated: 10/17/2024

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.2

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:microsoft:cbl-mariner:openipmi-ui, x-cpe:/o:microsoft:cbl-mariner, p-cpe:/a:microsoft:cbl-mariner:openipmi-perl, p-cpe:/a:microsoft:cbl-mariner:openipmi-devel, p-cpe:/a:microsoft:cbl-mariner:openipmi, p-cpe:/a:microsoft:cbl-mariner:openipmi-lanserv, p-cpe:/a:microsoft:cbl-mariner:openipmi-python

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/8/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/19/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-42934