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Oracle Linux 8 : nfs-utils (ELSA-2026-3938)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 301406

Synopsis

The remote Oracle Linux host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ELSA-2026-3938 advisory.

 - Fix access checks when mounting subdirectories in NFSv3 (RHEL-127095) Resolves: CVE-2025-12801

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 libnfsidmap, libnfsidmap-devel and / or nfs-utils packages.

See Also

https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2026-3938.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 301406

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2026-3938.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 3/7/2026

Updated: 3/7/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-12801

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:oracle:linux:8:10:baseos_patch, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libnfsidmap, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:8, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libnfsidmap-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:nfs-utils

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: 3/6/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/4/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-12801