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Oracle Linux 7 : linux-firmware (ELSA-2023-12712)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 179858

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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-2023-12712 advisory.

 - A side channel vulnerability on some of the AMD CPUs may allow an attacker to influence the return address prediction. This may result in speculative execution at an attacker-controlled?address, potentially leading to information disclosure. (CVE-2023-20569)

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-2023-12712.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 179858

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2023-12712.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 8/15/2023

Updated: 9/26/2023

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.1

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.8

Temporal Score: 3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-20569

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.7

Temporal Score: 4.2

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:oracle:linux:7:9:patch, cpe:/a:oracle:linux:7::latest, cpe:/a:oracle:linux:7::optional_latest, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:7, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:iwl100-firmware, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:iwl1000-firmware, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:iwl105-firmware, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:iwl135-firmware, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:iwl2000-firmware, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:iwl2030-firmware, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:iwl3160-firmware, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:iwl3945-firmware, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:iwl4965-firmware, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:iwl5000-firmware, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:iwl5150-firmware, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:iwl6000-firmware, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:iwl6000g2a-firmware, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:iwl6000g2b-firmware, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:iwl6050-firmware, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:iwl7260-firmware, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:iwlax2xx-firmware, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:linux-firmware

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: 8/8/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/8/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-20569