Detections
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Oracle Linux 8 : curl (ELSA-2021-4059)
critical Nessus Plugin ID 154850
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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-2021-4059 advisory.- fix STARTTLS protocol injection via MITM (CVE-2021-22947)
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
Plugin Details
Severity: Critical
ID: 154850
File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2021-4059.nasl
Version: 1.5
Type: local
Agent: unix
Published: 11/2/2021
Updated: 10/23/2024
Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 4.4
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 5
Temporal Score: 3.9
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-22946
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.5
Temporal Score: 6.7
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C
CVSS v4
Risk Factor: Critical
Base Score: 9.3
Threat Score: 8.9
Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:P
Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-22947
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libcurl-devel, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:8, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libcurl, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libcurl-minimal, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:curl
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/OracleLinux
Exploit Available: true
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 11/2/2021
Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/17/2021
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2021-22946, CVE-2021-22947