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Oracle Linux 8 : glib2 (ELSA-2021-4385)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 155402

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2021-4385 advisory.

 - An issue was discovered in GNOME GLib before 2.66.8. When g_file_replace() is used with G_FILE_CREATE_REPLACE_DESTINATION to replace a path that is a dangling symlink, it incorrectly also creates the target of the symlink as an empty file, which could conceivably have security relevance if the symlink is attacker-controlled. (If the path is a symlink to a file that already exists, then the contents of that file correctly remain unchanged.) (CVE-2021-28153)

 - glib2: Possible privilege escalation thourgh pkexec and aliases (CVE-2021-3800)

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

https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2021-4385.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 155402

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2021-4385.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/17/2021

Updated: 11/23/2023

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-28153

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 5

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

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-3800

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:oracle:linux:8, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:glib2, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:glib2-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:glib2-doc, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:glib2-fam, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:glib2-static, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:glib2-tests

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: 11/16/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/11/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-28153, CVE-2021-3800