RHEL 8 : redhat-ds:11 (RHSA-2024:6576)

high Nessus Plugin ID 210517

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates for redhat-ds:11.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2024:6576 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)

* 389-ds-base: Specially crafted kerberos AS-REQ request may cause Denial of Service (CVE-2024-3657)

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-153)

* The new connection timeout error no longer breaks error mapping (DIRSRV-154)

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 these issues 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-2024:6576.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 210517

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2024-6576.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 11/7/2024

Updated: 11/7/2024

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Moderate

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-2024-3657

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: cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:389-ds-base, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:389-ds-base-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:389-ds-base-libs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:389-ds-base-snmp, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:389-ds-base-legacy-tools, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python3-lib389, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:cockpit-389-ds

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: 5/28/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-3657, CVE-2024-5953

CWE: 1288, 20

IAVA: 2024-A-0356

RHSA: 2024:6576

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