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Oracle Linux 9 : opencryptoki (ELSA-2024-1239)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 191757

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Synopsis

The remote Oracle Linux host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ELSA-2024-1239 advisory.

 - A timing side-channel vulnerability has been discovered in the opencryptoki package while processing RSA PKCS#1 v1.5 padded ciphertexts. This flaw could potentially enable unauthorized RSA ciphertext decryption or signing, even without access to the corresponding private key. (CVE-2024-0914)

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-2024-1239.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 191757

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2024-1239.nasl

Version: 1.0

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 3/8/2024

Updated: 3/8/2024

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.4

Temporal Score: 4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-0914

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.9

Temporal Score: 5.2

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/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: cpe:/a:oracle:linux:9::codeready_builder, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:9, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:9:3:baseos_patch, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:9::baseos_latest, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:opencryptoki, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:opencryptoki-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:opencryptoki-icsftok, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:opencryptoki-libs, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:opencryptoki-swtok

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: 3/8/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/31/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-0914