RHCOS 3 : openvswitch (RHSA-2016:0615)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 311966

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Synopsis

The remote Red Hat CoreOS host is missing a security update for openvswitch.

Description

The remote Red Hat Enterprise Linux CoreOS 3 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2016:0615 advisory.

- openvswitch: MPLS buffer overflow vulnerability (CVE-2016-2074)

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 RHCOS openvswitch package based on the guidance in RHSA-2016:0615.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 311966

File Name: rhcos-RHSA-2016-0615.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 5/4/2026

Updated: 5/4/2026

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Important

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-2016-2074

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: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:openvswitch-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:openvswitch, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:openvswitch-test, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7:coreos, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python-openvswitch

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/cpu

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/11/2016

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/28/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-2074

CWE: 121

RHSA: 2016:0615

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