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Oracle Linux 8 : 389-ds:1.4 (ELSA-2022-0889)

high Nessus Plugin ID 158959

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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-2022-0889 advisory.

 - A double-free was found in the way 389-ds-base handles virtual attributes context in persistent searches.
 An attacker could send a series of search requests, forcing the server to behave unexpectedly, and crash.
 (CVE-2021-4091)

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-2022-0889.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 158959

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2022-0889.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 3/16/2022

Updated: 3/16/2022

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-4091

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/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:389-ds-base, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:389-ds-base-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:389-ds-base-legacy-tools, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:389-ds-base-libs, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:389-ds-base-snmp, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:python3-lib389

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: 3/16/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/18/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-4091