RockyLinux 9 : lldpd (RLSA-2024:9158)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 232903

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-2024:9158 advisory.

* lldp/openvswitch: denial of service via externally triggered memory leak (CVE-2020-27827)

* lldpd: out-of-bounds read when decoding SONMP packets (CVE-2021-43612)

* lldpd: CDP PDU Packet cdp.c out-of-bounds read (CVE-2023-41910)

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: Critical

ID: 232903

File Name: rocky_linux_RLSA-2024-9158.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Family: Rocky Linux Local Security Checks

Published: 3/19/2025

Updated: 3/19/2025

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.1

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-27827

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

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

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-41910

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:lldpd-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:lldpd, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:lldpd-devel, cpe:/o:rocky:linux:9, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:lldpd-debuginfo

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: 3/18/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-27827, CVE-2021-43612, CVE-2023-41910

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