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Oracle Linux 8 : evolution (ELSA-2019-3699)

high Nessus Plugin ID 180673

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Synopsis

The remote Oracle Linux host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ELSA-2019-3699 advisory.

 - It was discovered evolution-ews before 3.31.3 does not check the validity of SSL certificates. An attacker could abuse this flaw to get confidential information by tricking the user into connecting to a fake server without the user noticing the difference. (CVE-2019-3890)

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-2019-3699.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 180673

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2019-3699.nasl

Version: 1.0

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/7/2023

Updated: 9/7/2023

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.8

Temporal Score: 4.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-3890

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.1

Temporal Score: 7.1

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:oracle:linux:8, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:evolution, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:evolution-bogofilter, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:evolution-data-server, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:evolution-data-server-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:evolution-data-server-doc, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:evolution-data-server-langpacks, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:evolution-data-server-perl, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:evolution-data-server-tests, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:evolution-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:evolution-ews, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:evolution-ews-langpacks, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:evolution-help, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:evolution-langpacks, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:evolution-pst, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:evolution-spamassassin

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: 11/14/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/2/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-3890