Oracle Linux 8 : spice (ELSA-2021-1924)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 149910

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-2021-1924 advisory.

- spice: Client initiated renegotiation denial of service (CVE-2021-20201)

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 spice-server and / or spice-server-devel packages.

See Also

https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2021-1924.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 149910

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2021-1924.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 5/26/2021

Updated: 12/28/2023

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 2.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-20201

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.3

Temporal Score: 4.8

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:oracle:linux:8, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:spice-server, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:spice-server-devel

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: 5/25/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/18/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-20201