Oracle Linux 7 : ipa (ELSA-2015-0442)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 81806

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-2015-0442 advisory.

- CVE-2014-7850 freeipa: XSS flaw can be used to escalate privileges (#1165774)
- CVE-2014-7828 freeipa: password not required when OTP in use (#1160877)

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-2015-0442.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 81806

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2015-0442.nasl

Version: 1.10

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 3/13/2015

Updated: 4/29/2025

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.8

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2012-6662

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.1

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2010-5312

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:ipa-server-trust-ad, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:ipa-python, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:7, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:ipa-client, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:ipa-server, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:ipa-admintools

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: 3/12/2015

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/24/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2010-5312, CVE-2012-6662

BID: 70932, 71305

RHSA: 2015:0442