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Fedora 37 : rsyslog (2022-f2c4c83cc1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 210975

Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Fedora 37 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the FEDORA-2022-f2c4c83cc1 advisory.

 Automatic update for rsyslog-8.2204.0-1.fc37.

 ##### **Changelog**

 ```
 * Mon May 9 2022 Attila Lakatos <[email protected]> - 8.2204.0-1
 - rebase to 8.2204.0 resolves: rhbz#1951970
 - CVE-2022-24903 rsyslog: Heap-based overflow in TCP syslog server resolves: rhbz#2082302

 ```

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora 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 affected rsyslog package.

See Also

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2022-f2c4c83cc1

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 210975

File Name: fedora_2022-f2c4c83cc1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/14/2024

Updated: 11/14/2024

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, continuous_assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-24903

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.1

Temporal Score: 7.1

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:37, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:rsyslog

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/9/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/5/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-24903