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Oracle Linux 4 / 5 : sblim (ELSA-2008-0497)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 67698
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Synopsis
The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates.Description
From Red Hat Security Advisory 2008:0497 :Updated sblim packages that resolve a security issue are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.
This update has been rated as having important security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team.
SBLIM stands for Standards-Based Linux Instrumentation for Manageability. It consists of a set of standards-based, Web-Based Enterprise Management (WBEM) modules that use the Common Information Model (CIM) standard to gather and provide systems management information, events, and methods to local or networked consumers via a CIM object services broker using the CMPI (Common Manageability Programming Interface) standard. This package provides a set of core providers and development tools for systems management applications.
It was discovered that certain sblim libraries had an RPATH (runtime library search path) set in the ELF (Executable and Linking Format) header. This RPATH pointed to a sub-directory of a world-writable, temporary directory. A local user could create a file with the same name as a library required by sblim (such as libc.so) and place it in the directory defined in the RPATH. This file could then execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running an application that used sblim (eg tog-pegasus). (CVE-2008-1951)
Users are advised to upgrade to these updated sblim packages, which resolve this issue.
Solution
Update the affected sblim packages.See Also
https://oss.oracle.com/pipermail/el-errata/2008-June/000654.html
https://oss.oracle.com/pipermail/el-errata/2008-June/000655.html
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 67698
File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2008-0497.nasl
Version: 1.8
Type: local
Agent: unix
Published: 7/12/2013
Updated: 1/14/2021
Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 5.8
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 4.6
Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:sblim-cmpi-network-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:sblim-cmpi-network-test, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:sblim-cmpi-nfsv3, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:sblim-cmpi-nfsv3-test, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:sblim-cmpi-nfsv4, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:sblim-cmpi-nfsv4-test, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:sblim-cmpi-params, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:sblim-cmpi-params-test, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:sblim-cmpi-samba, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:sblim-cmpi-samba-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:sblim-cmpi-samba-test, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:sblim-cmpi-sysfs, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:sblim-cmpi-sysfs-test, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:sblim-cmpi-syslog, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:sblim-cmpi-syslog-test, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:sblim-gather, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:sblim-gather-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:sblim-gather-provider, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:sblim-gather-test, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:sblim-testsuite, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:sblim-cim-client, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:sblim-cim-client-javadoc, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:sblim-cim-client-manual, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:sblim-cmpi-base, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:sblim-cmpi-base-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:sblim-cmpi-base-test, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:sblim-cmpi-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:sblim-cmpi-dns, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:sblim-cmpi-dns-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:sblim-cmpi-dns-test, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:sblim-cmpi-fsvol, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:sblim-cmpi-fsvol-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:sblim-cmpi-fsvol-test, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:sblim-cmpi-network, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:sblim-tools-libra, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:sblim-tools-libra-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:sblim-wbemcli, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:4, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:5
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/OracleLinux
Patch Publication Date: 6/24/2008
Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/25/2008
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2008-1951