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Oracle Linux 8 : cryptsetup (ELSA-2022-0370)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 157316

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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-2022-0370 advisory.

 - cryptsetup: disable encryption via header rewrite (CVE-2021-4122)

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-2022-0370.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 157316

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2022-0370.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/2/2022

Updated: 12/13/2022

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.9

Temporal Score: 3.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-4122

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.8

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:oracle:linux:8, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:cryptsetup, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:cryptsetup-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:cryptsetup-libs, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:cryptsetup-reencrypt, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:integritysetup, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:veritysetup

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/2/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/1/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-4122