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Oracle Linux 6 : sos (ELSA-2011-1536)

high Nessus Plugin ID 181091

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Synopsis

The remote Oracle Linux host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 6 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ELSA-2011-1536 advisory.

 [2.2-17.0.1.el6]
 - Direct traceroute to linux.oracle.com (John Haxby) [orabug 11713272]
 - Allow '-' in ticket (SR) numbers (John Haxby)
 - Disable --upload option as it will not work with Oracle support
 - Check oraclelinux-release instead of redhat-release to get OS version (John Haxby) [bug 11681869]
 - Remove RH ftp URL and support email
 - add sos-oracle-enterprise.patch

 [2.2-17]
 - Do not collect subscription manager keys in general plugin Resolves: bz750607

 [2.2-16]
 - Fix execution of RHN hardware.py from hardware plugin Resolves: bz736718
 - Fix hardware plugin to support new lsusb path Resolves: bz691477

 [2.2-15]
 - Fix brctl collection when a bridge contains no interfaces Resolves: bz697899
 - Fix up2dateclient path in hardware plugin Resolves: bz736718

 [2.2-14]
 - Collect brctl show and showstp output Resolves: bz697899
 - Collect nslcd.conf in ldap plugin Resolves: bz682124

 [2.2-11]
 - Truncate files that exceed specified size limit Resolves: bz683219
 - Add support for collecting Red Hat Subscrition Manager configuration Resolves: bz714293
 - Collect /etc/init on systems using upstart Resolves: bz694813
 - Don't strip whitespace from output of external programs Resolves: bz713449
 - Collect ipv6 neighbour table in network module Resolves: bz721163
 - Collect basic cgroups configuration data Resolves: bz729455

 [2.2-10]
 - Fix collection of data from LVM2 reporting tools in devicemapper plugin Resolves: bz704383
 - Add /proc/vmmemctl collection to vmware plugin Resolves: bz709491

 [2.2-9]
 - Collect yum repository list by default Resolves: bz600813
 - Add basic Infiniband plugin Resolves: bz673244
 - Add plugin for scsi-target-utils iSCSI target Resolves: bz677124
 - Fix autofs plugin LC_ALL usage Resolves: bz683404
 - Fix collection of lsusb and add collection of -t and -v outputs Resolves: bz691477
 - Extend data collection by qpidd plugin Resolves: bz726360
 - Add ethtool pause, coalesce and ring (-a, -c, -g) options to network plugin Resolves: bz726427

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 sos package.

See Also

https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2011-1536.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 181091

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2011-1536.nasl

Version: 1.2

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: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.2

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2011-4083

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:H/I:N/A:N

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:sos, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:6

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: 12/14/2011

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/5/2011

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2011-4083