Oracle Linux 9 : coreutils (ELSA-2026-28911)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 322886

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Synopsis

The remote Oracle Linux host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ELSA-2026-28911 advisory.

[8.32-41.0.1]
- clean up empty file if cp is failed [Orabug 15973168]

[9.5-8]
- CVE-2025-5278 - Fix Heap Buffer Under-Read in sort via Key Specification (RHEL-180331)

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 coreutils, coreutils-common and / or coreutils-single packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 322886

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2026-28911.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: Oracle Linux Local Security Checks

Published: 6/26/2026

Updated: 6/26/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.3

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.6

Temporal Score: 2.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-5278

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.4

Temporal Score: 3.9

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:coreutils, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:coreutils-single, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:9, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:coreutils-common, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:9:8:baseos_patch

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: 6/25/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/27/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-5278

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