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RockyLinux 9 : pcp (RLSA-2024:9452)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 232877

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote RockyLinux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RLSA-2024:9452 advisory.

 * pcp: pmpost symlink attack allows escalating pcp to root user (CVE-2024-45770)

 * pcp: pmcd heap corruption through metric pmstore operations (CVE-2024-45769)

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.

See Also

https://errata.rockylinux.org/RLSA-2024:9452

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2310451

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2310452

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 232877

File Name: rocky_linux_RLSA-2024-9452.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Published: 3/19/2025

Updated: 3/19/2025

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.2

Temporal Score: 2.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-45770

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.4

Temporal Score: 3.9

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:pcp-pmda-zimbra-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:pcp-pmda-slurm, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:pcp-pmda-ds389log, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:pcp-pmda-weblog, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:pcp-pmda-lmsensors, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:python3-pcp, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:pcp-pmda-summary-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:pcp-pmda-cisco, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:perl-pcp-logimport, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:pcp-pmda-statsd-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:pcp-pmda-zimbra, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:pcp-pmda-lio, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:pcp-pmda-libvirt, cpe:/o:rocky:linux:9, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:pcp-pmda-shping, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:pcp-export-pcp2zabbix, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:pcp-pmda-logger, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:pcp-pmda-weblog-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:pcp-pmda-nvidia-gpu, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:pcp-pmda-statsd, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:pcp-testsuite-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:pcp-pmda-infiniband, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:pcp-pmda-news, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:pcp-pmda-hacluster, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:pcp-export-zabbix-agent, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:pcp-pmda-gfs2, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:python3-pcp-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:pcp-pmda-resctrl-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:pcp-pmda-smart-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:pcp-pmda-bpftrace, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:pcp-pmda-apache-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:pcp-pmda-openmetrics, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:pcp-pmda-cifs-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:pcp-pmda-redis, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:pcp-pmda-resctrl, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:pcp-pmda-cisco-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:pcp-testsuite, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:perl-pcp-logsummary, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:pcp-pmda-gpsd, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:pcp-pmda-netcheck, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:perl-pcp-pmda-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:pcp-pmda-trace-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:pcp-pmda-netfilter, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:pcp-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:pcp-pmda-postgresql, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:pcp-pmda-sendmail, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:pcp-export-pcp2json, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:pcp-pmda-ds389, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:pcp-pmda-hacluster-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:pcp-pmda-smart, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:pcp-pmda-trace, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:pcp-pmda-bpf, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:pcp-pmda-podman-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:pcp-pmda-mounts, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:pcp-pmda-sendmail-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:pcp-devel, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:pcp-pmda-infiniband-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:pcp-pmda-systemd-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:pcp-pmda-roomtemp-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:pcp-export-pcp2graphite, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:pcp-pmda-gpfs, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:pcp-conf, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:pcp-pmda-roomtemp, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:perl-pcp-pmda, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:pcp-pmda-farm-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:pcp-export-pcp2influxdb, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:pcp-pmda-apache, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:pcp-pmda-pdns, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:pcp-pmda-nginx, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:pcp-zeroconf, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:pcp-export-pcp2xml, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:perl-pcp-mmv-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:pcp-pmda-bcc, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:pcp-import-collectl2pcp, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:pcp-pmda-systemd, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:pcp-pmda-nvidia-gpu-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:pcp-pmda-sockets, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:pcp-pmda-snmp, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:pcp-pmda-mssql, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:pcp, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:pcp-pmda-dm-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:pcp-pmda-rsyslog, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:pcp-pmda-bind2, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:pcp-pmda-rabbitmq, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:pcp-pmda-samba, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:perl-pcp-logimport-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:pcp-pmda-mailq-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:pcp-pmda-docker, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:pcp-pmda-mic, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:pcp-pmda-uwsgi, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:pcp-pmda-lustre, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:pcp-pmda-oracle, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:pcp-pmda-perfevent, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:pcp-pmda-farm, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:pcp-pmda-nfsclient, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:pcp-pmda-sockets-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:pcp-pmda-openvswitch, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:pcp-doc, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:pcp-devel-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:pcp-pmda-perfevent-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:pcp-pmda-denki-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:pcp-pmda-postfix, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:pcp-pmda-bpf-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:pcp-geolocate, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:pcp-libs-devel, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:pcp-pmda-mounts-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:pcp-pmda-haproxy, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:pcp-pmda-json, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:pcp-pmda-shping-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:pcp-pmda-logger-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:pcp-pmda-mongodb, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:pcp-pmda-bash-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:pcp-import-mrtg2pcp, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:pcp-selinux, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:pcp-pmda-zswap, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:pcp-export-pcp2spark, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:pcp-pmda-cifs, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:pcp-pmda-dm, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:pcp-import-ganglia2pcp, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:pcp-gui, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:pcp-pmda-memcache, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:pcp-pmda-summary, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:pcp-gui-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:perl-pcp-mmv, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:pcp-pmda-docker-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:pcp-pmda-activemq, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:pcp-pmda-lustrecomm-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:pcp-pmda-mailq, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:pcp-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:pcp-export-pcp2elasticsearch, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:pcp-pmda-mysql, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:pcp-pmda-unbound, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:pcp-export-pcp2openmetrics, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:pcp-import-sar2pcp, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:pcp-pmda-denki, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:pcp-pmda-lustrecomm, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:pcp-pmda-podman, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:pcp-pmda-bash, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:pcp-pmda-gfs2-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:pcp-pmda-dbping, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:pcp-export-zabbix-agent-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:pcp-pmda-elasticsearch, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:pcp-system-tools-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:pcp-pmda-named, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:pcp-libs-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:pcp-import-collectl2pcp-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:pcp-system-tools, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:pcp-libs, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:pcp-pmda-bonding, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:pcp-pmda-gluster, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:pcp-import-iostat2pcp

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/17/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/19/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-45769, CVE-2024-45770