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Oracle Linux 8 : nginx:1.14 (ELSA-2019-2799)

high Nessus Plugin ID 129087

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Synopsis

The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2019-2799 advisory.

 - Resolves: #1744811 - CVE-2019-9511 nginx:1.14/nginx: HTTP/2: large amount of data request leads to denial of service
 - Resolves: #1744325 - CVE-2019-9513 nginx:1.14/nginx: HTTP/2: flood using PRIORITY frames resulting in excessive resource consumption

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-2019-2799.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 129087

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2019-2799.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/20/2019

Updated: 11/1/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 5.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-9513

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:nginx-mod-http-image-filter, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:nginx-filesystem, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:nginx-mod-stream, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:nginx-all-modules, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:nginx-mod-http-perl, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:nginx, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:nginx-mod-http-xslt-filter, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:8, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:nginx-mod-mail

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: 9/19/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/13/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-9511, CVE-2019-9513, CVE-2019-9516

RHSA: 2019:2799