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Oracle Linux 8 : util-linux (ELSA-2026-96212)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 378778

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2026-96212 advisory.

 - fix RHEL-283368 - libblkid: validate EBR data [CVE-2026-53615]
 - fix RHEL-215636 - libblkid: use-after-free in nested partition probing [CVE-2026-13595]

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 packages.

See Also

https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2026-96212.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 378778

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2026-96212.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/11/2026

Updated: 11/11/2026

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: 6.9

Percentile: 96.52

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.5

Temporal Score: 3.5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-13595

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.3

Temporal Score: 4.8

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:oracle:linux:8, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:8:10:baseos_patch, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libblkid-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libblkid, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libfdisk-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libfdisk, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libmount-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libmount, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libsmartcols-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libsmartcols, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libuuid-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libuuid, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:python3-libmount, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:util-linux-user, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:util-linux, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:uuidd

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/OracleLinux

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/9/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/16/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-13595, CVE-2026-53613, CVE-2026-53615

IAVA: 2026-A-0384