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Oracle Linux 10 : openssl (ELSA-2026-500441)

high Nessus Plugin ID 369941

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-2026-500441 advisory.

 - Fixes DTLS Retransmits Handshake Messages From a Stale Buffer Offset (CVE-2026-84782) Resolves: RHEL-264466
 - Patch asn1_d2i_read_bio to read headers without blocking Resolves: RHEL-169991

 Fix CVE-2026-7383, CVE-2026-9076, CVE-2026-34180, CVE-2026-34181, CVE-2026-34183, CVE-2026-42764, CVE-2026-42766, CVE-2026-42767, CVE-2026-42768, CVE-2026-42769, CVE-2026-42770, CVE-2026-45445, CVE-2026-45446, CVE-2026-45447, CVE-2026-34182.
 Resolves: RHEL-179267 Resolves: RHEL-179281 Resolves: RHEL-179537 Resolves: RHEL-179542 Resolves: RHEL-179545 Resolves: RHEL-179550 Resolves: RHEL-179553 Resolves: RHEL-179626 Resolves: RHEL-179658 Resolves: RHEL-179675 Resolves: RHEL-179682 Resolves: RHEL-179685 Resolves: RHEL-179689 Resolves: RHEL-179693 Resolves: RHEL-179697
 - Fix CVE-2026-28390 Resolves: RHEL-165705
 - Fix CVE-2026-31790 Resolves: RHEL-161574

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 packages.

See Also

https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2026-500441.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 369941

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2026-500441.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/21/2026

Updated: 10/21/2026

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: 6.5

Percentile: 96.38

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.5

Temporal Score: 6.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-84782

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.2

Temporal Score: 7.1

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:oracle:linux:10, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:openssl-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:openssl-libs, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:openssl-perl, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:openssl

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: 10/19/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/29/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-84782

IAVA: 2026-A-1072