Oracle Linux 8 : .NET / Core / Enterprise / Hat / Linux / Red / on (ELSA-2019-2731)

high Nessus Plugin ID 128848

Synopsis

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

Description

From Red Hat Security Advisory 2019:2731 :

An update for dotnet is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Moderate. 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.

NET Core is a managed-software framework. It implements a subset of the .NET framework APIs and several new APIs, and it includes a CLR implementation.

New versions of .NET Core that address security vulnerabilities are now available. The updated versions are .NET Core SDK 2.1.509 and Runtime 2.1.13.

Security Fix(es) :

* dotnet: System.Net.Sockets.dll Socket.ConnectAsync Denial of Service (CVE-2019-1301)

Default inclusions for applications built with .NET Core have been updated to reference the newest versions and their security fixes.

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 packages.

See Also

https://oss.oracle.com/pipermail/el-errata/2019-September/009157.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 128848

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2019-2731.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/16/2019

Updated: 4/25/2024

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-1301

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:dotnet-sdk-2.1, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:dotnet-sdk-2.1.5xx, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:8, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:dotnet, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:dotnet-host, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:dotnet-host-fxr-2.1, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:dotnet-runtime-2.1

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/12/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/11/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-1301

RHSA: 2019:2731