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Oracle Linux 5 / 6 : rpm (ELSA-2014-1974)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 79846

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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-2014-1974 advisory.

 [4.4.2.3-36.0.1]
 - Add missing files in /usr/share/doc/

 [4.8.0-36]
 - Fix warning when applying the patch for #1163057

 [4.8.0-35]
 - Fix race condidition where unchecked data is exposed in the file system (CVE-2013-6435)(#1163057)

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 packages.

See Also

https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2014-1974.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 79846

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2014-1974.nasl

Version: 1.12

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 12/10/2014

Updated: 4/29/2025

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.3

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.6

Temporal Score: 5.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2013-6435

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 8.7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:oracle:linux:5, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:rpm-apidocs, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:popt, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:rpm-python, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:rpm, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:rpm-build, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:rpm-cron, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:rpm-libs, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:rpm-devel, 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: 12/9/2014

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/16/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2013-6435

BID: 71558

RHSA: 2014:1974