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CentOS 8 : container-tools:rhel8 (CESA-2021:1796)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 150033

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote CentOS Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the CESA-2021:1796 advisory.

 - golang: crypto/ssh: crafted authentication request can lead to nil pointer dereference (CVE-2020-29652)

 - podman: Remote traffic to rootless containers is seen as orginating from localhost (CVE-2021-20199)

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://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:1796

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 150033

File Name: centos8_RHSA-2021-1796.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 5/28/2021

Updated: 12/28/2023

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-20199

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.9

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:crun, cpe:/o:centos:centos:8, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:python3-criu, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:udica, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:conmon, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:podman-remote, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:runc, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:skopeo, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:containers-common, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:podman-tests, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:fuse-overlayfs, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:podman, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:oci-seccomp-bpf-hook, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:podman-docker, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:criu, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libslirp-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:slirp4netns, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:container-selinux, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:buildah, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:containernetworking-plugins, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:podman-catatonit, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:skopeo-tests, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libslirp, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:cockpit-podman, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:toolbox, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:buildah-tests, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:podman-plugins, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:crit

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/18/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/17/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-29652, CVE-2021-20199

RHSA: 2021:1796