Oracle Linux 5 : mcstrans (ELSA-2007-0542)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 180626

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Synopsis

The remote Oracle Linux host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 5 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ELSA-2007-0542 advisory.

[0.2.6-1]
- Don't allow categories > 1023 Resolves: #288941

[0.2.3-1]
- Additional fix to handle ssh root/sysadm_r/s0:c1,c2 Resolves: #224637

[0.2.1-1]
- Rewrite to handle MLS properly Resolves: #225355

[0.1.10-2]
- Cleanup memory when complete

[0.1.10-1]
- Fix Memory Leak Resolves: #218173

[0.1.9-1]
- Add -pie
- Fix compiler warnings
- Fix Memory Leak Resolves: #218173

[0.1.8-3]
- Fix subsys locking in init script

[0.1.8-1]
- Only allow one version to run
- rebuild

[0.1.7-1]
- Apply sgrubb patch to only call getpeercon on translations

[0.1.6-1]
- Exit gracefully when selinux is not enabled

[0.1.5-1]
- Fix sighup handling

[0.1.4-1]
- Add patch from sgrubb
- Fix 64 bit size problems
- Increase the open file limit
- Make sure maximum size is not exceeded

[0.1.3-1]
- Move initscripts to /etc/rc.d/init.d

[0.1.2-1]
- Drop Privs

[0.1.1-1]
- Initial Version
- This daemon reuses the code from libsetrans

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Oracle Linux security advisory.

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 mcstrans package.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 180626

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2007-0542.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Oracle Linux Local Security Checks

Published: 9/7/2023

Updated: 4/29/2025

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 1.9

Temporal Score: 1.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2007-4570

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 4.8

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:mcstrans, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:5

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: 11/19/2007

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/7/2007

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2007-4570

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