Oracle Linux 7 : 389-ds-base (ELSA-2015-0416)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 81724

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2015-0416 advisory.

- Resolves: bug 1172731 - CVE-2014-8112 password hashing bypassed when 'nsslapd-unhashed-pw-switch' is set to off
- Resolves: bug 1168151 - CVE-2014-8105 information disclosure through 'cn=changelog' subtree

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 389-ds-base, 389-ds-base-devel and / or 389-ds-base-libs packages.

See Also

https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2015-0416.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 81724

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2015-0416.nasl

Version: 1.13

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 3/10/2015

Updated: 4/29/2025

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2014-8105

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:H/I:N/A:N

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2014-8112

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:389-ds-base-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:389-ds-base, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:7, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:389-ds-base-libs

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: 3/9/2015

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/10/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-8105, CVE-2014-8112

BID: 69149, 72985, 73033

RHSA: 2015:0416