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Oracle Linux 5 : sysstat (ELSA-2011-1005)

high Nessus Plugin ID 181121

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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-2011-1005 advisory.

 [7.0.2-11]
 - Related: #716959 fix cve-2007-3852 - sysstat insecure temporary file usage

 [7.0.2-10]
 - Resolves: #716959 fix cve-2007-3852 - sysstat insecure temporary file usage

 [7.0.2-9]
 - Related: #622557 sar interrupt count goes backward

 [7.0.2-8]
 - Resolves: #694767 iostat doesn't report statistics for shares with long names
 - Related: #703095 iostat -n - values in output overflows - problem with long device names on i386

 [7.0.2-7]
 - Resolves: #706095 iostat -n - values in output overflows

 [7.0.2-6]
 - Resolves: #696672 cifsstat resource leak

 [7.0.2-5]
 - Resolves: #604637 extraneous newline in iostat report for long device names
 - Resolves: #630559 'sar -P ALL -f xxxx' does not display activity information
 - Resolves: #591530 add cifsiostat tool
 - Resolves: #598794 Enable parametrization of sadc arguments
 - Resolves: #675058 iostat: bogus value appears when device is unmounted/mounted
 - Resolves: #622557 sar interrupt count goes backward

 [7.0.2-4]
 - Resolves: #454617 Though function write() executed sucessful, sadc end with an error
 - Resolves: #468340 The output of sar -I ALL/XALL is wrong in ia64 machine of RHEL5
 - Resolves: #517490 The 'sar -d ' command outputs invalid data
 - Resolves: #578929 March sar data was appended to February data
 - Resolves: #579409 The sysstat's programs such as mpstat shows one extra cpu
 - Resolves: #484439 iostat -n enhancement not report NFS client stats correctly

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 sysstat package.

See Also

https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2011-1005.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 181121

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2011-1005.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: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.4

Temporal Score: 3.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2007-3852

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.8

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:oracle:linux:5, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:sysstat

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: 8/14/2007

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2007-3852