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Oracle Linux 8 : cloud-init (ELSA-2025-11324)

high Nessus Plugin ID 242552

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Synopsis

The remote Oracle Linux host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 8 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ELSA-2025-11324 advisory.

 [23.4-7.0.2.el8_10.10]
 - Fixes regression in cloud-init with module cc_write_files_deferred [Orabug: 37382965]
 - Update IPv6 IMDS endpoint to ULA and drop NIC identifier [Orabug: 35965980]
 - Enable IPv6 [Orabug: 36502414]
 - Added missing services in rhel/systemd/cloud-init.service [Orabug: 32183938]
 - Increase retry value and add timeout for OCI [Orabug: 35329883]
 - Fix log file permissions [Orabug: 35302985]
 - Update detection logic for OL distros in config template [Orabug: 34845400]
 - Added missing services in cloud-init.service.tmpl for sshd [Orabug: 32183938]
 - Forward port applicable cloud-init 18.4-2.0.3 changes to cloud-init-18-5 [Orabug: 30435672]
 - limit permissions [Orabug: 31352433]
 - Changes to ignore all enslaved interfaces [Orabug: 30092148]
 - Fix swap file size allocation logic to allocate maxsize [Orabug: 29952349]
 - Make Oracle datasource detect dracut based config files [Orabug: 29956753]
 - add modified version of enable-ec2_utils-to-stop-retrying-to-get-ec2-metadata.patch:
 1. Enable ec2_utils.py having a way to stop retrying to get ec2 metadata 2. Apply stop retrying to get ec2 metadata to helper/openstack.py MetadataReader Resolves: Oracle-Bug:41660 (Bugzilla)
 - added OL to list of known distros

 [23.4.0.1]
 - Apply OpenELA fixes

 [23.4-7.el8.10]
 - ci-fix-Don-t-attempt-to-identify-non-x86-OpenStack-inst.patch [RHEL-100606]
 - ci-fix-strict-disable-in-ds-identify-on-no-datasources-.patch [RHEL-100606]
 - Resolves: RHEL-100606 (CVE-2024-6174 cloud-init: From CVEorg collector [rhel-8.10.z])

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 cloud-init package.

See Also

https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2025-11324.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 242552

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2025-11324.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/22/2025

Updated: 7/22/2025

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.3

Temporal Score: 6.1

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-6174

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:oracle:linux:8, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:cloud-init

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: 7/21/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/26/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-6174