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Oracle Linux 9 : libevent (ELSA-2026-67910)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 347003

Synopsis

The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2026-67910 advisory.

 - CVE-2026-63383
 - CVE-2026-63384
 - CVE-2026-63388
 - CVE-2026-63387
 - CVE-2026-63379
 - CVE-2026-63381
 - CVE-2026-63382

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Oracle Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected libevent, libevent-devel and / or libevent-doc packages.

See Also

https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2026-67910.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 347003

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2026-67910.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/17/2026

Updated: 9/17/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 58.17

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9

Temporal Score: 6.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-63387

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.4

Temporal Score: 7.3

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-63388

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.2

Threat Score: 7.1

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-63385

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:oracle:linux:9, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:9:8:baseos_patch, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libevent-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libevent-doc, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libevent

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: 9/16/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/20/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-63379, CVE-2026-63381, CVE-2026-63382, CVE-2026-63383, CVE-2026-63384, CVE-2026-63385, CVE-2026-63387, CVE-2026-63388