Oracle Linux 8 : binutils (ELSA-2020-4465)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 142811

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-2020-4465 advisory.

[2.30-79.0.1]
- Forward-port Oracle patches from 2.30-75.0.1
- Reviewed-by: Jose E. Marchesi <[email protected]>

[2.30-79]
- Fix x86 assemblers handling of non-8-bit displacements. (#1869401)

[2.30-77]
- Add tests missing from PT_GNU_SEGMENT patch. (#1870039)

[2.30-75.0.1]
- Forward-port Oracle patches to OL8.3 beta.

[2.30-76]
- Have the s.390 assembler include alignment hints with vector instructions. (#1850490)

[2.30-75]
- Prevent the s/390 linker from rewriting the GOT access for certain symbol types. (#1846972)

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 binutils and / or binutils-devel packages.

See Also

https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2020-4465.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 142811

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2020-4465.nasl

Version: 1.5

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: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-17450

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.9

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

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

Vulnerability Information

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

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/10/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/10/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-17450