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Oracle Linux 8 : binutils (ELSA-2021-4595)

high Nessus Plugin ID 155564

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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-2021-4595 advisory.

 [2.30-108.0.2.1]
 - Forward-port Oracle patches from 2.30-108.0.2 to 2.30-108.0.2.1
 - Reviewed-by: Jose E. Marchesi <[email protected]>

 [2.30-108.0.2]
 - Forward-port the following update:
 * Thu Oct 07 2021 Nick Alcock <[email protected]> - 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]>

 [2.30-108.1]
 - Add ability to control the display of unicode characters. (#2009172)

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 binutils and / or binutils-devel packages.

See Also

https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2021-4595.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 155564

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2021-4595.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/18/2021

Updated: 10/22/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.3

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.1

Temporal Score: 4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-42574

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.3

Temporal Score: 7.5

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

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

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/OracleLinux, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/local_checks_enabled

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/18/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/1/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-42574

IAVA: 2021-A-0528