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Oracle Linux 8 : binutils (ELSA-2021-4364)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 155427

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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-2021-4364 advisory.

 [2.30-108.0.2]
 - Forward-port the following update:
 [2.30-93.0.4
 - Backport fix for fencepost bug in CTF pptrtab usage causing coredumps
 - Backport test result fixes for new GCC-based CTF generation [Orabug: 33344570]
 - Reviewed-by: David Faust <[email protected]>
 - Reviewed-by: Jose E. Marchesi <[email protected]>

 [2.30-108.0.1]
 - Forward-port Oracle patches from 2.30-93.0.3 to 2.30-108.0.1
 - Reviewed-by: Elena Zannoni <[email protected]>

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 binutils and / or binutils-devel packages.

See Also

https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2021-4364.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 155427

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2021-4364.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/17/2021

Updated: 11/1/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-35448

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.3

Temporal Score: 5.7

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

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-20197

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:binutils-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:binutils, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:8

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: 11/16/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/27/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-35448, CVE-2021-20197, CVE-2021-20284, CVE-2021-3487