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Oracle Linux 8 : systemd (ELSA-2022-6206)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 164491

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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-2022-6206 advisory.

 [239-58.0.1.4]
 - Disable unprivileged BPF by default [Orabug: 32870980]
 - backport upstream pstore tmpfiles patch [Orabug: 31420486]
 - udev rules: fix memory hot add and remove [Orabug: 31310273]
 - fix to enable systemd-pstore.service [Orabug: 30951066]
 - journal: change support URL shown in the catalog entries [Orabug: 30853009]
 - fix to generate systemd-pstore.service file [Orabug: 30230056]
 - fix _netdev is missing for iscsi entry in /etc/fstab ([email protected]) [Orabug: 25897792]
 - set 'RemoveIPC=no' in logind.conf as default for OL7.2 [Orabug: 22224874]
 - allow dm remove ioctl to co-operate with UEK3 (Vaughan Cao) [Orabug: 18467469]
 - add hv dynamic memory support (Jerry Snitselaar) [Orabug: 18621475]
 - Backport upstream patches for the new systemd-pstore tool (Eric DeVolder) [OraBug: 30230056]

 [239-58.4]
 - resolved: pin stream while calling callbacks for it (#2110548)

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 packages.

See Also

https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2022-6206.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 164491

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2022-6206.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 8/29/2022

Updated: 11/2/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-2526

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

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:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:systemd-pam, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:systemd-journal-remote, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:systemd-container, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:systemd-devel, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:8, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:systemd-udev, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:systemd-tests, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:systemd, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:systemd-libs

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: 8/29/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/24/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-2526