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Oracle Linux 10 : brotli (ELSA-2026-0845)

high Nessus Plugin ID 294787

Synopsis

The remote Oracle Linux host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 10 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ELSA-2026-0845 advisory.

 [1.1.0-7]
 - Resolves: RHEL-133984 CVE-2025-6176 Brotli decompression bomb DoS in scrapy

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 packages.

See Also

https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2026-0845.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 294787

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2026-0845.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/20/2026

Updated: 1/20/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 5.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-6176

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libbrotli, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:10, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:10:1:baseos_patch, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:brotli, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:brotli-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:python3-brotli

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: 1/20/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/31/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-6176

IAVA: 2025-A-0813