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Oracle Linux 7 : cloud-init (ELSA-2019-0597)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 122938

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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-2019-0597 advisory.

 [18.2-1.0.1]
 - add modified version of enable-ec2_utils-to-stop-retrying-to-get-ec2-metadata.patch for 18.2:
 1. Enable ec2_utils.py having a way to stop retrying to get ec2 metadata 2. Apply stop retrying to get ec2 metadata to helper/openstack.py MetadataReader Resolves: Oracle-Bug:41660 (Bugzilla)

 [18.2-1.el7_6.2]
 - ci-azure-Filter-list-of-ssh-keys-pulled-from-fabric.patch [bz#1684038]
 - Resolves: bz#1684038 (EMBARGOED cloud-init: wrong list of ssh keys added to authorized_keys [rhel-7.6.z])

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 cloud-init package.

See Also

https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2019-0597.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 122938

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2019-0597.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 3/19/2019

Updated: 10/22/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 1.9

Temporal Score: 1.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-0816

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.1

Temporal Score: 4.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

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

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/18/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/9/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-0816

RHSA: 2019:0597