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Oracle Linux 7 : istio (ELSA-2022-9774)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 164894

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Synopsis

The remote Oracle Linux host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ELSA-2022-9774 advisory.

 - Istio is an open platform to connect, manage, and secure microservices. In affected versions ill-formed headers sent to Envoy in certain configurations can lead to unexpected memory access resulting in undefined behavior or crashing. Users are most likely at risk if they have an Istio ingress Gateway exposed to external traffic. This vulnerability has been resolved in versions 1.12.8, 1.13.5, and 1.14.1.
 Users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this issue. (CVE-2022-31045)

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-2022-9774.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 164894

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2022-9774.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/8/2022

Updated: 9/8/2022

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-31045

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:oracle:linux:7, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:istio, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:istio-istioctl, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:olcne-agent, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:olcne-api-server, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:olcne-gluster-chart, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:olcne-grafana-chart, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:olcne-istio-chart, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:olcne-nginx, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:olcne-oci-csi-chart, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:olcne-olm-chart, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:olcne-prometheus-chart, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:olcne-utils, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:olcnectl

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: 9/8/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/9/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-31045