Oracle Linux 7 : corosync (ELSA-2018-1169)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 109439

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Synopsis

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

Description

From Red Hat Security Advisory 2018:1169 :

An update for corosync is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.

The corosync packages provide the Corosync Cluster Engine and C APIs for Red Hat Enterprise Linux cluster software.

Security Fix(es) :

* corosync: Integer overflow in exec/totemcrypto.c:authenticate_nss_2_3() function (CVE-2018-1084)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Red Hat would like to thank Citrix Security Response Team for reporting this issue.

Solution

Update the affected corosync packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 109439

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2018-1169.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Oracle Linux Local Security Checks

Published: 5/1/2018

Updated: 9/27/2019

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:corosync, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:corosync-qdevice, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:corosync-qnetd, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:corosynclib, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:corosynclib-devel, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:7

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

Patch Publication Date: 4/30/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/12/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-1084

IAVA: 2018-A-0127

RHSA: 2018:1169

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