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Oracle Linux 8 : shim (ELSA-2022-9465)

high Nessus Plugin ID 161939

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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-2022-9465 advisory.

 [15.6-1.0.3]
 - Update shimx64.efi and shimia32.efi signed by Microsoft [JIRA: OLDIS-16370]

 [15.6-1.0.2]
 - Update to shim-unsigned v15.6.rc2 [JIRA: OLDIS-16370]

 [15.6-1.0.1]
 - Update to shim-unsigned v15.6.rc1 [JIRA: OLDIS-16370]

 [15.5-1.0.3]
 - Update vendor certs [JIRA: OLDIS-16370]
 - Update oracle(grub2-sig-key) [JIRA: OLDIS-16370]

 [15.5-1.0.1]
 - Allow MokListTrusted to be enabled by default [Orabug: 33770149]
 - Add patchset to load additional certificates from vendor signed EFI binary [Orabug: 33770149]

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 shim-ia32 and / or shim-x64 packages.

See Also

https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2022-9465.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 161939

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2022-9465.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/8/2022

Updated: 10/22/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-28737

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.8

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:shim-x64, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:shim-ia32, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:8

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: 6/7/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/7/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-28737