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Oracle Linux 8 : fetchmail (ELSA-2022-1964)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 161312

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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 a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2022-1964 advisory.

 [6.4.24-1]
 - Update to fetchmail-6.4.24 (fixes CVE-2021-36386 and CVE-2021-39272) Resolves: #1999275, #2002698

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 fetchmail package.

See Also

https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2022-1964.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 161312

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2022-1964.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 5/18/2022

Updated: 10/22/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.2

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-39272

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.9

Temporal Score: 5.2

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

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

Vulnerability Information

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

Required KB Items: Host/OracleLinux, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/local_checks_enabled

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/17/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/30/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-36386, CVE-2021-39272