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Oracle Linux 9 : ELSA-2026-66403-0: / coreutils (ELSA-2026-664030)

low Nessus Plugin ID 344784

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-2026-664030 advisory.

 [8.32-41.0.1.el9_8.1]
 - clean up empty file if cp is failed [Orabug 15973168]

 [8.32-41.1]
 - unexpand: fix CVE-2026-56392 and related crashes (RHEL-216788)
 - fix direct.sh and unexpand/mb.sh tests
 - fix heap overflow with large tab stops
 - fix heap overflow when a wide blank overshoots a tab stop

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.

See Also

https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2026-66403-0.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 344784

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2026-664030.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/11/2026

Updated: 9/11/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.5

Percentile: 51.64

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.6

Temporal Score: 4.1

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-56392

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.1

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 1.8

Threat Score: 0.2

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Vulnerability Information

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

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: 9/10/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/24/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-56392