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Oracle Linux 8 : unbound (ELSA-2021-1853)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 149938

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Synopsis

The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2021-1853 advisory.

 [1.7.3-15]
 - Fix SPEC file to not check md5 mtime and size of /var/lib/unbound/root.key
 - Resolves: rhbz#1714175
 - Use system-wide crypto policy setting (PROFILE=SYSTEM) instead of custom setting
 - Resolves: rhbz#1842837
 - Enable additional logging in unbound
 - Resolves: rhbz#1850460
 - security hardening from x41 report
 - Resolves: rhbz#1859933
 - symbolic link traversal when writing PID file
 - Resolves: rhbz#1899058

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Oracle Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues 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-2021-1853.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 149938

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2021-1853.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 5/26/2021

Updated: 10/22/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-25042

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:unbound-libs, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:8, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:unbound-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:unbound, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:python3-unbound

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: 12/7/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-25032, CVE-2019-25034, CVE-2019-25035, CVE-2019-25036, CVE-2019-25037, CVE-2019-25038, CVE-2019-25039, CVE-2019-25040, CVE-2019-25041, CVE-2019-25042, CVE-2020-28935