RHEL 6 : libtasn1 (RHSA-2012:0427)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 58508

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Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update for libtasn1.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 6 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2012:0427 advisory.

- libtasn1: DER decoding buffer overflow (GNUTLS-SA-2012-3, MU-201202-02) (CVE-2012-1569)

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 RHEL libtasn1 package based on the guidance in RHSA-2012:0427.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 58508

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2012-0427.nasl

Version: 1.20

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 3/28/2012

Updated: 4/27/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2012-1569

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.8

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:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libtasn1, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libtasn1-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libtasn1-tools, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/27/2012

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/26/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-1569

BID: 52668

RHSA: 2012:0427

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