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RHEL 8 : redhat-ds:11 (RHSA-2024:6568)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 210504
Synopsis
The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update for redhat-ds:11.Description
The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2024:6568 advisory.Red Hat Directory Server is an LDAPv3-compliant directory server. The suite of packages includes the Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) server, as well as command-line utilities and Web UI packages for server administration.
Security Fixes:
* 389-ds-base: Malformed userPassword hash may cause Denial of Service (CVE-2024-5953) (DIRSRV-151)
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.
Bug Fix(es):
* Improved performance of filter component when evaluating a large value set, such as group members (DIRSRV-149)
* The new connection timeout error no longer breaks error mapping (DIRSRV-150)
Users of Red Hat Directory Server 11 are advised to install these updated packages.
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 redhat-ds:11 package based on the guidance in RHSA-2024:6568.See Also
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2292104
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 210504
File Name: redhat-RHSA-2024-6568.nasl
Version: 1.1
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks
Published: 11/7/2024
Updated: 11/7/2024
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: 3.6
Vendor
Vendor Severity: Moderate
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 6.8
Temporal Score: 5
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-5953
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 5.7
Temporal Score: 5
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/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:redhat:enterprise_linux:389-ds-base-snmp, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python3-lib389, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:389-ds-base, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:389-ds-base-legacy-tools, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:cockpit-389-ds, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:389-ds-base-devel, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:389-ds-base-libs
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: 9/11/2024
Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/13/2024
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2024-5953