Oracle Linux 6 : dbus (ELSA-2019-1726)

high Nessus Plugin ID 126609

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Synopsis

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

Description

From Red Hat Security Advisory 2019:1726 :

An update for dbus is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

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.

D-Bus is a system for sending messages between applications. It is used both for the system-wide message bus service, and as a per-user-login-session messaging facility.

Security Fix(es) :

* dbus: DBusServer DBUS_COOKIE_SHA1 authentication bypass (CVE-2019-12749)

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

Solution

Update the affected dbus packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 126609

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2019-1726.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Oracle Linux Local Security Checks

Published: 7/11/2019

Updated: 1/8/2020

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.6

Temporal Score: 2.7

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.1

Temporal Score: 6.2

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:dbus, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:dbus-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:dbus-doc, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:dbus-libs, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:dbus-x11, 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: 7/10/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/11/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-12749

RHSA: 2019:1726

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