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Oracle Linux 9 : tang (ELSA-2023-6492)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 185866

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Synopsis

The remote Oracle Linux host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 9 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ELSA-2023-6492 advisory.

 - A race condition exists in the Tang server functionality for key generation and key rotation. This flaw results in a small time window where Tang private keys become readable by other processes on the same host. (CVE-2023-1672)

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 tang package.

See Also

https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2023-6492.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 185866

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2023-6492.nasl

Version: 1.0

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/16/2023

Updated: 11/16/2023

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.6

Temporal Score: 3.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-1672

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.3

Temporal Score: 4.8

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:oracle:linux:9:3:appstream_base, cpe:/a:oracle:linux:9::appstream, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:9, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:tang

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/OracleLinux

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/11/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/14/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-1672