The remote Oracle Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ELSA-2022-9772 advisory.
– Istio is an open platform to connect, manage, and secure microservices. In affected versions ill-formed headers sent to Envoy in certain configurations can lead to unexpected memory access resulting in undefined behavior or crashing. Users are most likely at risk if they have an Istio ingress Gateway exposed to external traffic. This vulnerability has been resolved in versions 1.12.8, 1.13.5, and 1.14.1.
Users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this issue. (CVE-2022-31045)
Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application’s self-reported version number.Read More