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Oracle Linux 8 : container-tools:4.0 (ELSA-2023-7202)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 186198

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Synopsis

The remote Oracle Linux host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ELSA-2023-7202 advisory.

 - The HTTP/1 client does not fully validate the contents of the Host header. A maliciously crafted Host header can inject additional headers or entire requests. With fix, the HTTP/1 client now refuses to send requests containing an invalid Request.Host or Request.URL.Host value. (CVE-2023-29406)

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-2023-7202.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 186198

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2023-7202.nasl

Version: 1.0

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/22/2023

Updated: 11/22/2023

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 5.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-29406

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:oracle:linux:8::appstream, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:8, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:aardvark-dns, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:buildah, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:buildah-tests, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:cockpit-podman, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:conmon, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:container-selinux, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:containernetworking-plugins, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:containers-common, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:crit, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:criu, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:criu-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:criu-libs, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:crun, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:fuse-overlayfs, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libslirp, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libslirp-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:netavark, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:oci-seccomp-bpf-hook, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:podman, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:podman-catatonit, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:podman-docker, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:podman-gvproxy, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:podman-plugins, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:podman-remote, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:podman-tests, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:python3-criu, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:python3-podman, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:runc, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:skopeo, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:skopeo-tests, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:slirp4netns, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:udica

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: 11/22/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/11/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-29406

IAVB: 2023-B-0052-S