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Oracle Linux 10 : libpcap (ELSA-2026-74442)

high Nessus Plugin ID 362446

Synopsis

The remote Oracle Linux host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 10 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ELSA-2026-74442 advisory.

 [14:1.10.4-7.1]
 - Fix CVE-2026-0799: validate BPF scratch memory register indices in the BPF interpreter to prevent out-of-bounds memory access Resolves: RHEL-256921

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 libpcap and / or libpcap-devel packages.

See Also

https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2026-74442.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 362446

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2026-74442.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/1/2026

Updated: 10/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5

Percentile: 93.27

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.4

Temporal Score: 4.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-0799

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.7

Temporal Score: 7.6

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:oracle:linux:10, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:10:2:baseos_patch, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libpcap-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libpcap

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: 10/1/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/5/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-0799

IAVA: 2026-A-0971