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Oracle Linux 7 : gtk-vnc (ELSA-2017-2258)
critical Nessus Plugin ID 102301
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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-2017-2258 advisory.- CVE-2017-5884 - fix bounds checking for RRE, hextile and copyrect encodings (rhbz #1425367)
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
Plugin Details
Severity: Critical
ID: 102301
File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2017-2258.nasl
Version: 3.7
Type: local
Agent: unix
Published: 8/9/2017
Updated: 11/1/2024
Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 6.7
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-2017-5885
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Critical
Base Score: 9.8
Temporal Score: 8.8
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:gtk-vnc-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:gtk-vnc-python, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:gvncpulse-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:gtk-vnc2, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:gvnc-tools, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:7, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:gvncpulse, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:gtk-vnc2-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:gtk-vnc, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:gvnc, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:gvnc-devel
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: 8/8/2017
Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/28/2017
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2017-5884, CVE-2017-5885
RHSA: 2017:2258