Oracle Linux 6 : icu (ELSA-2020-0896)

high Nessus Plugin ID 134751

Synopsis

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

Description

From Red Hat Security Advisory 2020:0896 :

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 6 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2020:0896 advisory.

- ICU: Integer overflow in UnicodeString::doAppend() (CVE-2020-10531)

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 icu packages.

See Also

https://oss.oracle.com/pipermail/el-errata/2020-March/009743.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 134751

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2020-0896.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 3/20/2020

Updated: 3/21/2024

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-10531

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:icu, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libicu, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libicu-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libicu-doc, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:6

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: 3/19/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/12/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-10531

RHSA: 2020:0896