RockyLinux 8 : libsoup (RLSA-2024:9573)

high Nessus Plugin ID 211598

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote RockyLinux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RLSA-2024:9573 advisory.

* libsoup: infinite loop while reading websocket data (CVE-2024-52532)

* libsoup: HTTP request smuggling via stripping null bytes from the ends of header names (CVE-2024-52530)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the RockyLinux 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 affected packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 211598

File Name: rocky_linux_RLSA-2024-9573.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Family: Rocky Linux Local Security Checks

Published: 11/19/2024

Updated: 11/19/2024

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 5.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-52530

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:H/A:N

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:libsoup-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:libsoup-devel, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:libsoup-debugsource, cpe:/o:rocky:linux:8, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:libsoup

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/19/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/11/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-52530, CVE-2024-52532

Detections

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