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Oracle Linux 8 : libpcap (ELSA-2020-4547)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 142748

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Synopsis

The remote Oracle Linux host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ELSA-2020-4547 advisory.

 [14:1.9.1-4]
 - Related: #1806422 - Building libpcap to side-tag for tcpdump

 [14:1.9.1-3]
 - Related: #1743650 - reverting rdma changes due to unresolved dependency loop

 [14:1.9.1-2]
 - Related: #1806422 - Building libpcap to side-tag for tcpdump

 [14:1.9.1-1]
 - Resolves: #1806422 - rebase libpcap to version 1.9.1
 - Resolves: #1743650 - [RFE] enable inbox support for sniffing offloaded (RDMA) traffic with tcpdump
 - Resolves: #1785330 - Invalid IPv4 addresses are accepted without reporting even a warning
 - Resolves: #1792208 - Resource exhaustion while PHB header length validation

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 libpcap and / or libpcap-devel packages.

See Also

https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2020-4547.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 142748

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2020-4547.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/12/2020

Updated: 10/22/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 2.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-15165

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.3

Temporal Score: 4.6

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libpcap, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libpcap-devel, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:8

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/10/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/3/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-15165