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Oracle Linux 9 : grub2 (ELSA-2025-6990)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 237059

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-2025-6990 advisory.

 - Fix CVE-2022-3775 [Orabug: 34871953]
 - Resolves: CVE-2024-45779 CVE-2024-45778 CVE-2025-1118
 - Resolves: CVE-2025-0677 CVE-2024-45782 CVE-2025-0690
 - Resolves: CVE-2024-45783 CVE-2025-0624 CVE-2024-45776
 - Resolves: CVE-2025-0622 CVE-2024-45774 CVE-2024-45775
 - Resolves: CVE-2024-45781 CVE-2024-45780

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Oracle Linux security advisory.

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-2025-6990.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 237059

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2025-6990.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 5/22/2025

Updated: 5/22/2025

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 4.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-0690

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.7

Temporal Score: 5.8

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

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-45781

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:grub2-tools-minimal, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:grub2-efi-aa64-cdboot, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:grub2-pc, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:grub2-common, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:9:6:baseos_base, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:grub2-efi-x64-cdboot, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:grub2-tools-efi, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:grub2-efi-x64-modules, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:grub2-pc-modules, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:grub2-tools, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:grub2-efi-x64, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:grub2-efi-aa64-modules, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:grub2-tools-extra, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:grub2-efi-aa64, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:9::baseos_latest, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:9

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: 5/16/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/11/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-45774, CVE-2024-45775, CVE-2024-45776, CVE-2024-45781, CVE-2024-45783, CVE-2025-0622, CVE-2025-0677, CVE-2025-0690