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Oracle Linux 8 : frr (ELSA-2020-4619)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 142782

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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-2020-4619 advisory.

 [7.0-10]
 - Resolves: #1867793 - FRR does not conform to the source port range specified in RFC5881

 [7.0-9]
 - Resolves: #1852476 - default permission issue eases information leaks

 [7.0-8]
 - Resolves: #1819319 - frr fails to start start if the initscripts package is missing

 [7.0-7]
 - Resolves: #1758544 - IGMPv3 queries may lead to DoS

 [7.0-6]
 - Resolves: #1776342 - frr has missing dependency on iproute

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 frr and / or frr-contrib packages.

See Also

https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2020-4619.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 142782

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2020-4619.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/12/2020

Updated: 10/23/2024

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 2.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-12831

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.3

Temporal Score: 4.8

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:frr-contrib, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:frr, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:8

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: 11/10/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/13/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-12831