CBL Mariner 2.0 Security Update: binutils (CVE-2022-48063)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 212944

Synopsis

The remote CBL Mariner host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The version of binutils installed on the remote CBL Mariner 2.0 host is prior to tested version. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the CVE-2022-48063 advisory.

- GNU Binutils before 2.40 was discovered to contain an excessive memory consumption vulnerability via the function load_separate_debug_files at dwarf2.c. The attacker could supply a crafted ELF file and cause a DNS attack. (CVE-2022-48063)

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 packages.

See Also

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-48063

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 212944

File Name: mariner_CVE-2022-48063.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Published: 12/13/2024

Updated: 12/13/2024

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.9

Temporal Score: 3.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-48063

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:microsoft:cbl-mariner:binutils-aarch64-linux-gnu, x-cpe:/o:microsoft:cbl-mariner, p-cpe:/a:microsoft:cbl-mariner:cross-binutils-common, p-cpe:/a:microsoft:cbl-mariner:binutils-devel, p-cpe:/a:microsoft:cbl-mariner:binutils

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/10/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/22/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-48063