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Oracle Linux 6 : avahi (ELSA-2011-0779)

high Nessus Plugin ID 181059

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Synopsis

The remote Oracle Linux host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 6 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ELSA-2011-0779 advisory.

 - avahi-core/socket.c in avahi-daemon in Avahi before 0.6.29 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via an empty mDNS (1) IPv4 or (2) IPv6 UDP packet to port 5353. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incorrect fix for CVE-2010-2244. (CVE-2011-1002)

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-2011-0779.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 181059

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2011-0779.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/7/2023

Updated: 9/8/2023

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.1

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 4.1

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2011-1002

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 7

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:F/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:oracle:linux:6, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:avahi, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:avahi-autoipd, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:avahi-compat-howl, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:avahi-compat-howl-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:avahi-compat-libdns_sd, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:avahi-compat-libdns_sd-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:avahi-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:avahi-dnsconfd, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:avahi-glib, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:avahi-glib-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:avahi-gobject, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:avahi-gobject-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:avahi-libs, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:avahi-qt3, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:avahi-qt3-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:avahi-qt4, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:avahi-qt4-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:avahi-tools, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:avahi-ui, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:avahi-ui-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:avahi-ui-tools

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: 5/28/2011

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/18/2011

Exploitable With

Core Impact

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2011-1002