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Oracle Linux 10 / 9 : dtrace (ELSA-2026-50153)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 302227

Synopsis

The remote Oracle Linux host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 10 / 9 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ELSA-2026-50153 advisory.

 [2.0.6-1]
 - Fix dtprobed unsafe probe description handling (CVE-2026-21991).
 [Orabug: 39054018]

 Credit Statement:
 The following people or organizations reported security vulnerabilities addressed by this ELSA to Oracle:
 Dhiraj Mishra: CVE-2026-21991

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 dtrace, dtrace-devel and / or dtrace-testsuite packages.

See Also

https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2026-50153.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 302227

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2026-50153.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 3/13/2026

Updated: 3/13/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-21991

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/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:9, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:10, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:dtrace, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:dtrace-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:dtrace-testsuite

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: 3/13/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/13/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-21991