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Oracle Linux 8 : libgcrypt (ELSA-2020-4482)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 142776

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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-2020-4482 advisory.

 [1.8.5-4]
 - add PBKDF2 selftest for FIPS POST

 [1.8.5-3]
 - new upstream version 1.8.5
 - AES performance improvements backported from master branch
 - FIPS module is implicit with kernel FIPS flag
 - always run the FIPS selftests if FIPS module is installed

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 libgcrypt and / or libgcrypt-devel packages.

See Also

https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2020-4482.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 142776

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2020-4482.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/12/2020

Updated: 10/22/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2.6

Temporal Score: 1.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-13627

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.3

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

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

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/10/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/25/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-13627