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Oracle Linux 8 : tigervnc (ELSA-2021-1783)

high Nessus Plugin ID 149917

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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-2021-1783 advisory.

 [1.11.0-6]
 - Use GNOME as default session Resolves: bz#1853608

 [1.11.0-5]
 - Make sure we log properly output to journal (actually log to syslog) Resolves: bz#1841537

 [1.11.0-4]
 - Make sure we log properly output to journal Resolves: bz#1841537

 [1.11.0-3]
 - vncserver: ignore new 'session' parameter from the new systemd support Resolves: bz#1897504

 [1.11.0-2]
 - Revert removal of vncserver Resolves: bz#1897504
 - Correctly start vncsession as a daemon Resolves: bz#1897498

 [1.11.0-1]
 - Update to 1.11.0 Resolves: bz#1880985
 - Backport fix to allow Tigervnc use boolean values in config files Resolves: bz#1883415

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 packages.

See Also

https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2021-1783.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 149917

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2021-1783.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 5/26/2021

Updated: 10/23/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.8

Temporal Score: 4.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-26117

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.1

Temporal Score: 7.1

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/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:tigervnc-server-minimal, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:tigervnc, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:tigervnc-icons, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:tigervnc-server, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:8, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:tigervnc-license, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:tigervnc-server-module, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:tigervnc-selinux

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: 5/25/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/27/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-26117