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Oracle Linux 7 : libcroco (ELSA-2020-4072)

high Nessus Plugin ID 141310

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Synopsis

The remote Oracle Linux host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ELSA-2020-4072 advisory.

 - libcroco through 0.6.13 has excessive recursion in cr_parser_parse_any_core in cr-parser.c, leading to stack consumption. (CVE-2020-12825)

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 libcroco and / or libcroco-devel packages.

See Also

http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2020-4072.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 141310

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2020-4072.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/8/2020

Updated: 2/16/2024

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.8

Temporal Score: 4.5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-12825

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.1

Temporal Score: 6.4

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:oracle:linux:7, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libcroco, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libcroco-devel

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/8/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/12/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-12825