Oracle Linux 9 : mingw-gcc (ELSA-2022-8415)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 168117

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-2022-8415 advisory.

- GCC v12.0 was discovered to contain an uncontrolled recursion via the component libiberty/rust-demangle.c.
This vulnerability allows attackers to cause a Denial of Service (DoS) by consuming excessive CPU and memory resources. (CVE-2021-46195)

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-2022-8415.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 168117

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2022-8415.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/22/2022

Updated: 10/2/2023

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-46195

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:N/I:N/A:H

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:oracle:linux:9, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:mingw32-cpp, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:mingw32-gcc, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:mingw32-gcc-c%2b%2b, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:mingw32-libgcc, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:mingw64-cpp, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:mingw64-gcc, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:mingw64-gcc-c%2b%2b, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:mingw64-libgcc

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/22/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/14/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-46195