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Oracle Linux 6 / 7 : mercurial (ELSA-2017-1576)

high Nessus Plugin ID 101076

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Synopsis

The remote Oracle Linux host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 6 / 7 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ELSA-2017-1576 advisory.

 [1.4-5]
 - Fixes CVE-2017-9462

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Oracle Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue 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-2017-1576.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 101076

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2017-1576.nasl

Version: 3.10

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/28/2017

Updated: 10/23/2024

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9

Temporal Score: 7.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-9462

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 8.2

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/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: p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:emacs-mercurial, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:mercurial-hgk, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:7, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:emacs-mercurial-el, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:mercurial, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:6

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: 6/27/2017

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/6/2017

Exploitable With

Metasploit (Mercurial Custom hg-ssh Wrapper Remote Code Exec)

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-9462

RHSA: 2017:1576