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RHEL 9 : openexr (RHSA-2024:8800)
critical Nessus Plugin ID 210358
Synopsis
The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update for openexr.Description
The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2024:8800 advisory.OpenEXR is an open-source high-dynamic-range floating-point image file format for high-quality image processing and storage. This document presents a brief overview of OpenEXR and explains concepts that are specific to this format. This package containes the binaries for OpenEXR.
Security Fix(es):
* OpenEXR: Heap Overflow in Scanline Deep Data Parsing (CVE-2023-5841)
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 openexr package based on the guidance in RHSA-2024:8800.See Also
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:8800
Plugin Details
Severity: Critical
ID: 210358
File Name: redhat-RHSA-2024-8800.nasl
Version: 1.1
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks
Published: 11/5/2024
Updated: 11/5/2024
Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 6.0
Vendor
Vendor Severity: Important
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 9.4
Temporal Score: 7.4
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:N
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-5841
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Critical
Base Score: 9.1
Temporal Score: 8.2
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:openexr, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:openexr-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:openexr-libs, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9, cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_eus:9.4
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/cpu
Exploit Available: true
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 11/4/2024
Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/1/2024
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2023-5841