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Oracle Linux 6 : automake (ELSA-2013-0526)

high Nessus Plugin ID 68761

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Synopsis

The remote Oracle Linux host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 6 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ELSA-2013-0526 advisory.

 [1.11.1-4]
 - remove BR dependency on java-devel-openjdk

 [1.11.1-3]
 - fix for CVE-2012-3386 -- 'make distcheck' was making the directory distdir world-readable (#848469)

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 automake package.

See Also

https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2013-0526.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 68761

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2013-0526.nasl

Version: 1.8

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/12/2013

Updated: 4/29/2025

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.4

Temporal Score: 3.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2012-3386

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7

Temporal Score: 6.3

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:automake, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:6

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: 2/25/2013

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/7/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-3386

BID: 54418

RHSA: 2013:0526