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Oracle Linux 9 : virt-v2v (ELSA-2022-7968)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 168101

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Synopsis

The remote Oracle Linux host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ELSA-2022-7968 advisory.

 - A vulnerability was found in libguestfs. This issue occurs while calculating the greatest possible number of matching keys in the get_keys() function. This flaw leads to a denial of service, either by mistake or malicious actor. (CVE-2022-2211)

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-2022-7968.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 168101

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2022-7968.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/22/2022

Updated: 11/22/2022

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.2

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-2211

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/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:9, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:virt-v2v, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:virt-v2v-bash-completion, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:virt-v2v-man-pages-ja, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:virt-v2v-man-pages-uk

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: 11/22/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/12/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-2211