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Oracle Linux 8 : libldb (ELSA-2020-4568)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 142774
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Synopsis
The remote Oracle Linux host is missing a security update.Description
The remote Oracle Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ELSA-2020-4568 advisory.- A NULL pointer dereference, or possible use-after-free flaw was found in Samba AD LDAP server in versions before 4.10.17, before 4.11.11 and before 4.12.4. Although some versions of Samba shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux do not support Samba in AD mode, the affected code is shipped with the libldb package.
This flaw allows an authenticated user to possibly trigger a use-after-free or NULL pointer dereference.
The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability. (CVE-2020-10730)
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 packages.See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 142774
File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2020-4568.nasl
Version: 1.3
Type: local
Agent: unix
Published: 11/12/2020
Updated: 11/13/2020
Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Low
Score: 3.6
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 4
Temporal Score: 3
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-10730
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 6.5
Temporal Score: 5.7
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: cpe:/o:oracle:linux:8, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:ldb-tools, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libldb, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libldb-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:python3-ldb
Required KB Items: Host/OracleLinux, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/local_checks_enabled
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 11/10/2020
Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/2/2020
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2020-10730