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Oracle Linux 7 : abrt / and / libreport (ELSA-2015-2505)

high Nessus Plugin ID 87096

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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-2015-2505 advisory.

 - Fixes for: CVE-2015-5273 and CVE-2015-5287
 - Fixes CVE-2015-5302

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-2015-2505.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 87096

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2015-2505.nasl

Version: 2.14

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/30/2015

Updated: 8/26/2026

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Critical

Score: 9.4

Percentile: 99.82

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.9

Temporal Score: 5.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2015-5287

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 7.2

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:oracle:linux:7, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:abrt-addon-ccpp, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:abrt-addon-kerneloops, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:abrt-addon-pstoreoops, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:abrt-addon-python, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:abrt-addon-upload-watch, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:abrt-addon-vmcore, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:abrt-addon-xorg, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:abrt-cli, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:abrt-console-notification, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:abrt-dbus, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:abrt-desktop, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:abrt-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:abrt-gui-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:abrt-gui-libs, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:abrt-gui, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:abrt-libs, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:abrt-python-doc, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:abrt-python, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:abrt-retrace-client, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:abrt-tui, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:abrt, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libreport-anaconda, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libreport-cli, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libreport-compat, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libreport-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libreport-filesystem, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libreport-gtk-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libreport-gtk, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libreport-newt, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libreport-plugin-bugzilla, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libreport-plugin-kerneloops, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libreport-plugin-logger, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libreport-plugin-mailx, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libreport-plugin-reportuploader, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libreport-plugin-ureport, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libreport-python, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libreport-rhel-anaconda-bugzilla, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libreport-rhel-bugzilla, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libreport-web-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libreport-web, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libreport

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/OracleLinux

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/25/2015

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/7/2015

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability Due Dates: 9/9/2026

Exploitable With

Core Impact

Metasploit (ABRT sosreport Privilege Escalation)

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-5273, CVE-2015-5287, CVE-2015-5302

RHSA: 2015:2505