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Oracle Linux 7 : rsyslog (ELSA-2019-2110)

high Nessus Plugin ID 180834

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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-2019-2110 advisory.

 - A denial of service vulnerability was found in rsyslog in the imptcp module. An attacker could send a specially crafted message to the imptcp socket, which would cause rsyslog to crash. Versions before 8.27.0 are vulnerable. (CVE-2018-16881)

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-2019-2110.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 180834

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2019-2110.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: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-16881

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/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:rsyslog-snmp, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:rsyslog-udpspoof, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:7, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:rsyslog, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:rsyslog-crypto, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:rsyslog-doc, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:rsyslog-elasticsearch, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:rsyslog-gnutls, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:rsyslog-gssapi, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:rsyslog-kafka, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:rsyslog-libdbi, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:rsyslog-mmaudit, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:rsyslog-mmjsonparse, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:rsyslog-mmkubernetes, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:rsyslog-mmnormalize, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:rsyslog-mmsnmptrapd, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:rsyslog-mysql, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:rsyslog-pgsql, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:rsyslog-relp

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/13/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/25/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-16881