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Oracle Linux 7 : procmail (ELSA-2017-3269)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 104837

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Synopsis

The remote Oracle Linux host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 7 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ELSA-2017-3269 advisory.

 [3.22-36.1]
 - Fixed possible buffer overflow in loadbuf function Resolves: CVE-2017-16844

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 procmail package.

See Also

https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2017-3269.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 104837

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2017-3269.nasl

Version: 3.7

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/29/2017

Updated: 10/22/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-16844

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

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:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:oracle:linux:7, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:procmail

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: 11/28/2017

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/16/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-16844

RHSA: 2017:3269