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Oracle Linux 6 : busybox (ELSA-2023-5178)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 183059

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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-2023-5178 advisory.

 - There is a stack overflow vulnerability in ash.c:6030 in busybox before 1.35. In the environment of Internet of Vehicles, this vulnerability can be executed from command to arbitrary code execution.
 (CVE-2022-48174)

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 busybox and / or busybox-petitboot packages.

See Also

https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2023-5178.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 183059

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2023-5178.nasl

Version: 1.0

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/13/2023

Updated: 10/13/2023

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

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-2022-48174

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/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:6, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:busybox, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:busybox-petitboot, cpe:/a:oracle:linux:6:10:els

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: 10/13/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/22/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-48174