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Oracle Linux 7 : hivex (ELSA-2021-3338)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 152981

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Synopsis

The remote Oracle Linux host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ELSA-2021-3338 advisory.

 [1.3.10-6.12]
 - Limit recursion in ri-records (CVE-2021-3622) resolves: rhbz#1976193

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-2021-3338.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 152981

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2021-3338.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/2/2021

Updated: 11/1/2024

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, 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:N/I:N/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-3622

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.9

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:hivex-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:ocaml-hivex-devel, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:7, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:perl-hivex, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:ocaml-hivex, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:hivex, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:ruby-hivex, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:python-hivex

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: 9/1/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/31/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-3622