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Oracle Linux 8 : gnutls (ELSA-2022-9221)
critical Nessus Plugin ID 159015
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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-2022-9221 advisory.[3.6.16-4.0.1_fips]
- Allow RSA keygen with modulus sizes bigger than 3072 bits and validate the seed length as defined in FIPS 186-4 section B.3.2 [Orabug: 33200526]
- Allow bigger known RSA modulus sizes when calling rsa_generate_fips186_4_keypair directly [Orabug: 33200526]
- Change Epoch from 1 to 10
[3.6.16-4]
- p11tool: Document ID reuse behavior when importing certs (#1776250)
[3.6.16-3]
- Treat SHA-1 signed CA in the trusted set differently (#1965445)
[3.6.16-2]
- Filter certificate_types in TLS 1.2 CR based on signature algorithms (#1942216)
[3.6.16-1]
- Update to upstream 3.6.16 release (#1956783)
- Fix potential use-after-free in key_share handling (#1927597)
- Fix potential use-after-free in pre_shared_key handling (#1927593)
- Stop gnutls-serv relying on AI_ADDRCONFIG to decide listening address (#1908334)
- Fix cert expiration issue in tests (#1908110)
[3.6.14-10]
- Port fixes for potential miscalculation in ecdsa_verify (#1942931)
[3.6.14-9]
- Revert the previous change
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: 159015
File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2022-9221.nasl
Version: 1.5
Type: local
Agent: unix
Published: 3/17/2022
Updated: 11/1/2024
Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 6.7
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.5
Temporal Score: 5.9
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-20232
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Critical
Base Score: 9.8
Temporal Score: 8.8
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:P/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:gnutls-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:gnutls-dane, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:8, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:gnutls-utils, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:gnutls-c%2b%2b, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:gnutls
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: 3/17/2022
Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/12/2021