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Oracle Linux 6 : libvirt (ELSA-2013-1272)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 70007

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 6 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2013-1272 advisory.

 - spec: Update requirements to pick up rebuilt polkit (CVE-2013-4311)
 - spec: Fix messed up dependency on polkit (CVE-2013-4311)
 - Add support for using 3-arg pkcheck syntax for process (CVE-2013-4311)
 - Fix crash in remoteDispatchDomainMemoryStats (CVE-2013-4296)

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-2013-1272.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 70007

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2013-1272.nasl

Version: 1.13

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/20/2013

Updated: 4/29/2025

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.3

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.6

Temporal Score: 3.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2013-4311

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.7

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

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2013-4296

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libvirt-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libvirt-python, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libvirt-client, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libvirt-lock-sanlock, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libvirt, 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: 9/19/2013

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/30/2013

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2013-4296, CVE-2013-4311

BID: 62508, 62510

RHSA: 2013:1272