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Oracle Linux 5 : sudo (ELSA-2012-1149)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 68595

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Synopsis

The remote Oracle Linux host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 5 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ELSA-2012-1149 advisory.

 [1.7.2p1-14.2]
 - added a workaround for a race condition in handling child processes Resolves: rhbz#844978

 [1.7.2p1-14.1]
 - dont remove the sudoers: line from nsswitch.conf on update
 - use safe temporary file for nsswitch.conf
 - call restorecon after modifying nsswitch.conf
 - fixed command escaping
 - patch: Use SIG_SETMASK when resetting signal mask instead of SIG_UNBLOCK Resolves: rhbz#842759 Resolves: rhbz#844420 Resolves: rhbz#844419 Resolves: rhbz#844418 Resolves: rhbz#844443

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 sudo package.

See Also

https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2012-1149.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 68595

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2012-1149.nasl

Version: 1.12

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/12/2013

Updated: 4/29/2025

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.6

Temporal Score: 4.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2012-3440

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:sudo, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:5

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/7/2012

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/8/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-3440

BID: 54868

RHSA: 2012:1149