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Oracle Linux 7 : file (ELSA-2015-2155)

high Nessus Plugin ID 87027

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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-2015-2155 advisory.

 - fix CVE-2014-8116 - bump the acceptable ELF program headers count to 2048
 - fix CVE-2014-0207 - cdf_read_short_sector insufficient boundary check
 - fix CVE-2014-0237 - cdf_unpack_summary_info() excessive looping DoS
 - fix CVE-2014-0238 - CDF property info parsing nelements infinite loop
 - fix CVE-2014-3478 - mconvert incorrect handling of truncated pascal string
 - fix CVE-2014-3479 - fix extensive backtracking in regular expression
 - fix CVE-2014-3480 - cdf_count_chain insufficient boundary check
 - fix CVE-2014-3487 - cdf_read_property_info insufficient boundary check
 - fix CVE-2014-3538 - unrestricted regular expression matching
 - fix CVE-2014-3587 - fix cdf_read_property_info
 - fix CVE-2014-3710 - out-of-bounds read in elf note headers
 - fix CVE-2014-8116 - multiple denial of service issues (resource consumption)
 - fix CVE-2014-8117 - denial of service issue (resource consumption)
 - fix CVE-2014-9652 - out of bounds read in mconvert()
 - fix CVE-2014-9653 - malformed elf file causes access to uninitialized memory

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-2015-2155.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 87027

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2015-2155.nasl

Version: 1.9

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/24/2015

Updated: 4/29/2025

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2014-9653

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.7

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

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2014-0238

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:file-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:file, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:file-static, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:7, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:python-magic, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:file-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: 11/23/2015

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/1/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-0207, CVE-2014-0237, CVE-2014-0238, CVE-2014-3478, CVE-2014-3479, CVE-2014-3480, CVE-2014-3487, CVE-2014-3538, CVE-2014-3587, CVE-2014-3710, CVE-2014-8116, CVE-2014-8117, CVE-2014-9652, CVE-2014-9653

RHSA: 2015:2155