Oracle Linux 7 : gnutls (ELSA-2018-3050)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 118764

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-2018-3050 advisory.

- Improved counter-measures in TLS CBC record padding for lucky13 attack (CVE-2018-10844, #1589704, CVE-2018-10845, #1589707)
- Added counter-measures for 'Just in Time' PRIME + PROBE cache-based attack (CVE-2018-10846, #1589708)

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-2018-3050.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 118764

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2018-3050.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/7/2018

Updated: 11/1/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.2

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-10845

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.9

Temporal Score: 5.2

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:gnutls-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:gnutls-dane, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:7, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:gnutls-c%2b%2b, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:gnutls, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:gnutls-utils

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: 11/6/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/22/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-10844, CVE-2018-10845, CVE-2018-10846

RHSA: 2018:3050