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Oracle Linux 7 : glibc (ELSA-2018-0805)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 109105

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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-2018-0805 advisory.

 - CVE-2018-1000001: Fix realpath() buffer underflow (#1534635)
 - CVE-2017-15670: glob: Fix one-byte overflow with GLOB_TILDE (#1504809)
 - CVE-2017-15804: glob: Fix buffer overflow in GLOB_TILDE unescaping (#1504809)
 - CVE-2017-1213: Fragmentation attacks possible when ENDS0 is enabled (#1487063)
 - CVE-2016-3706: Stack (frame) overflow in getaddrinfo when called with AF_INET, AF_INET6 (#1329674)
 - CVE-2015-5180: resolv: Fix crash with internal QTYPE (#1497131)
 - CVE-2014-9402: denial of service in getnetbyname function (#1497132)

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-2018-0805.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 109105

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2018-0805.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 4/18/2018

Updated: 11/1/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.2

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-15804

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 9.1

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:F/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:glibc-headers, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:nscd, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:7, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:glibc, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:glibc-utils, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:glibc-static, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:glibc-common, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:glibc-devel

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/17/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/24/2015

Exploitable With

Metasploit (glibc realpath() Privilege Escalation)

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-9402, CVE-2015-5180, CVE-2017-12132, CVE-2017-15670, CVE-2017-15804, CVE-2018-1000001

RHSA: 2018:0805