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Oracle Linux 9 : buildah (ELSA-2024-2055)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 193890

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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-2024-2055 advisory.

 [1.31.5-1.0.1]
 - Drop nmap-ncat requirement and skip ignore-socket test case [Orabug: 34117178]

 [1:1.31.5-1]
 - update to the latest content of https://github.com/containers/buildah/tree/release-1.31 (https://github.com/containers/buildah/commit/5fd539c)
 - Resolves: RHEL-26775

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 buildah and / or buildah-tests packages.

See Also

https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2024-2055.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 193890

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2024-2055.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 4/25/2024

Updated: 9/9/2025

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 8.1

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-1753

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.6

Temporal Score: 7.5

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

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.3

Threat Score: 2.4

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:oracle:linux:9, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:buildah-tests, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:buildah

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: 4/25/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/18/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-1753