Oracle Linux 7 : systemd (ELSA-2019-0049)

high Nessus Plugin ID 121172

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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-2019-0049 advisory.

[219-62.0.4]
- do not create utmp update symlinks for reboot and poweroff [Orabug: 27854896]
- OL7 udev rule for virtio net standby interface [Orabug: 28826743]
- fix _netdev is missing for iscsi entry in /etc/fstab [Orabug: 25897792] ([email protected])
- set 'RemoveIPC=no' in logind.conf as default for OL7.2 [22224874]
- allow dm remove ioctl to co-operate with UEK3 (Vaughan Cao) [Orabug: 18467469]
- add hv dynamic memory support (Jerry Snitselaar) [Orabug: 18621475]

[219-62.2]
- journald: do not store the iovec entry for process commandline on stack (#1657788)
- journald: set a limit on the number of fields (1k) (#1657792)
- journal-remote: set a limit on the number of fields in a message (#1657792)

[219-62.1]
- dhcp6: make sure we have enough space for the DHCP6 option header (CVE-2018-15688)

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.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 121172

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2019-0049.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Oracle Linux Local Security Checks

Published: 1/15/2019

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: Medium

Base Score: 5.8

Temporal Score: 4.5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-15688

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.9

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:A/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:libgudev1, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:systemd-resolved, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:systemd-devel, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:7, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:systemd-python, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:systemd, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:systemd-journal-gateway, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:systemd-networkd, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libgudev1-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:systemd-sysv, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:systemd-libs

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: 1/14/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/26/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-15688, CVE-2018-16864, CVE-2018-16865

RHSA: 2019:0049

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