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Oracle Linux 7 : e2fsprogs (ELSA-2020-4011)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 141255

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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-2020-4011 advisory.

 [1.45.6-19]
 - fix issues with meta_bg when resizing file system (#1849718)

 [1.42.9-18]
 - fix out-of-bounds write on corrupted fs (#1797731)
 - fix out-of-bounds write on corrupted fs (#1768710)
 - fix e2fsprogs creating corrupted meta image (#1711880)
 - fix typo in ext4 man page (#1720130)
 - provide easy metod for creating compatible rhel6 fs (#1780277)
 - better handling of trivial dir link count problem (#1820048)

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-2020-4011.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 141255

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2020-4011.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/7/2020

Updated: 10/22/2024

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: 4.6

Temporal Score: 3.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-5094

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.7

Temporal Score: 6

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

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-5188

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:oracle:linux:7, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:e2fsprogs-libs, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libcom_err-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libcom_err, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:e2fsprogs-static, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libss, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:e2fsprogs-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libss-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:e2fsprogs

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: 10/6/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/24/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-5094, CVE-2019-5188