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Oracle Linux 5 / 6 : cvs (ELSA-2012-0321)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 68486

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Synopsis

The remote Oracle Linux host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 5 / 6 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ELSA-2012-0321 advisory.

 [1.11.23-11.el6_2.1]
 - Fix CVE-2012-0804 (Resolves: #784338)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Oracle Linux security advisory.

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 cvs and / or cvs-inetd packages.

See Also

https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2012-0321.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 68486

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2012-0321.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: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2012-0804

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:cvs, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:5, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:cvs-inetd, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:6

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/21/2012

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/29/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-0804

BID: 51943

RHSA: 2012:0321