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Oracle Linux 8 : libsolv (ELSA-2020-4508)

high Nessus Plugin ID 142812

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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-2020-4508 advisory.

 [0.7.11-1]
 - Update to 0.7.11
 - selected bug fixes:
 * support arch<->noarch package changes when creating patch conflicts from the updateinfo data
 * also support other rpm database types
 * fixed solv_zchunk decoding error if large chunks are used
 * treat retracted pathes as irrelevant
 * made add_update_target work with multiversion installs
 - new features
 * support for SOLVER_BLACKLIST jobs that block the installation of matched packages unless they are directly selected by an SOLVER_INSTALL job
 * libsolv now also parses the patch status in the updateinfo parser
 * new solvable_matchessolvable() function
 * support conda constrains dependencies
 * new rpm_stat_database() function
 * new rpm_hash_database_state() function

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 libsolv and / or python3-solv packages.

See Also

https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2020-4508.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 142812

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2020-4508.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/12/2020

Updated: 11/1/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-20387

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libsolv, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:8, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:python3-solv

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: 1/21/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-20387