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Oracle Linux 6 : glibc (ELSA-2012-0058)

high Nessus Plugin ID 68436

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Synopsis

The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 6 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2012-0058 advisory.

 [2.12-1.47.el6_2.5]
 - Avoid high cpu usage when accept fails with EMFILE (#767692)

 [2.12-1.47.el6_2.4]
 - Make implementation of ARENAS_TEST and ARENAS_MAX match documentation (#769594)
 - Check malloc arena atomically (#769594)

 [2.12-1.47.el6_2.3]
 - Check values from TZ file header (#767692)

 [2.12-1.47.el6_2.2]
 - Correctly reparse group line after enlarging the buffer (#766484)

 [2.12-1.47.el6_2.1]
 - Fix grouping and reuse other locales in various locales (#754116)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Oracle Linux 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://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2012-0058.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 68436

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2012-0058.nasl

Version: 1.9

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/12/2013

Updated: 4/29/2025

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2009-5029

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.7

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

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2011-4609

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:glibc-headers, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:nscd, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:glibc, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:glibc-utils, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:glibc-static, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:glibc-common, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:glibc-devel, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:6

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/25/2012

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/2/2013

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2009-5029, CVE-2011-4609

BID: 51439

RHSA: 2012:0058