Oracle Linux 8 : yum (ELSA-2019-3583)

high Nessus Plugin ID 180746

Synopsis

The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2019-3583 advisory.

- ** DISPUTED ** There is an illegal address access at ext/testcase.c in libsolv.a in libsolv through 0.7.2 that will cause a denial of service. NOTE: third parties dispute this issue stating that the issue affects the test suite and not the underlying library. It cannot be exploited in any real-world application.
(CVE-2018-20534)

- A use-after-free flaw has been discovered in libcomps before version 0.1.10 in the way ObjMRTrees are merged. An attacker, who is able to make an application read a crafted comps XML file, may be able to crash the application or execute malicious code. (CVE-2019-3817)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues 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-2019-3583.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 180746

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2019-3583.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: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-3817

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.9

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:oracle:linux:8, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:createrepo_c, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:createrepo_c-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:createrepo_c-libs, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:dnf, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:dnf-automatic, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:dnf-data, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:dnf-plugins-core, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libcomps, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libcomps-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libdnf, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:librepo, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:librhsm, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libsolv, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:microdnf, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:python3-createrepo_c, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:python3-dnf, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:python3-dnf-plugin-versionlock, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:python3-dnf-plugins-core, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:python3-hawkey, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:python3-libcomps, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:python3-libdnf, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:python3-librepo, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:yum, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:yum-utils

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/14/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/28/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-20534, CVE-2019-3817