Oracle Linux 8 : dbus (ELSA-2020-3014)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 138975

Synopsis

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

Description

From Red Hat Security Advisory 2020:3014 :

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2020:3014 advisory.

- dbus: denial of service via file descriptor leak (CVE-2020-12049)

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 dbus packages.

See Also

https://oss.oracle.com/pipermail/el-errata/2020-July/010160.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 138975

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2020-3014.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/27/2020

Updated: 2/28/2024

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.9

Temporal Score: 3.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-12049

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:dbus, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:dbus-common, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:dbus-daemon, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:dbus-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:dbus-libs, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:dbus-tools, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:dbus-x11, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:8

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/24/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/8/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-12049

RHSA: 2020:3014