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Oracle Linux 5 : rsync (ELSA-2011-0999)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 181019

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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-2011-0999 advisory.

 - Add upstream patch to fix CVE-2011-1097 - Incremental file-list corruption due to temporary file_extra_cnt increments Resolves: #688923

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 rsync package.

See Also

https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2011-0999.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 181019

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2011-0999.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/7/2023

Updated: 4/29/2025

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2007-6200

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.1

Temporal Score: 7.9

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:rsync, 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: 7/31/2011

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/29/2007

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2007-6200