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Oracle Linux 9 : avahi (ELSA-2024-2433)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 195047

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Synopsis

The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2024-2433 advisory.

 - A vulnerability was found in Avahi. A reachable assertion exists in the avahi_escape_label() function.
 (CVE-2023-38470)

 - A vulnerability was found in Avahi. A reachable assertion exists in the avahi_rdata_parse() function.
 (CVE-2023-38472)

 - A vulnerability was found in Avahi, where a reachable assertion exists in avahi_dns_packet_append_record.
 (CVE-2023-38469)

 - A vulnerability was found in Avahi. A reachable assertion exists in the dbus_set_host_name function.
 (CVE-2023-38471)

 - A vulnerability was found in Avahi. A reachable assertion exists in the avahi_alternative_host_name() function. (CVE-2023-38473)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues 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-2024-2433.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 195047

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2024-2433.nasl

Version: 1.0

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 5/6/2024

Updated: 5/6/2024

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.6

Temporal Score: 3.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-38473

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 4.8

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:oracle:linux:9:4:appstream_base, cpe:/a:oracle:linux:9::appstream, cpe:/a:oracle:linux:9::codeready_builder, cpe:/a:oracle:linux:9::distro_builder, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:9, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:9:4:baseos_base, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:9::baseos_latest, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:avahi, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:avahi-compat-howl, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:avahi-compat-howl-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:avahi-compat-libdns_sd, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:avahi-compat-libdns_sd-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:avahi-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:avahi-glib, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:avahi-glib-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:avahi-libs, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:avahi-tools

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: 5/3/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/3/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-38469, CVE-2023-38470, CVE-2023-38471, CVE-2023-38472, CVE-2023-38473