Oracle Linux 9 : gnutls / and / nettle (ELSA-2022-6854)

high Nessus Plugin ID 166051

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Synopsis

The remote Oracle Linux host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ELSA-2022-6854 advisory.

gnutls [3.7.6-12]
- fips: mark PBKDF2 with short key and output sizes non-approved
- fips: only mark HMAC as approved in PBKDF2
- fips: mark gnutls_key_generate with short key sizes non-approved
- fips: fix checking on hash algorithm used in ECDSA
- fips: preserve operation context around FIPS selftests API

[3.7.6-11]
- Supply --with{,out}-{zlib,brotli,zstd} explicitly

[3.7.6-10]
- Revert nettle version pinning as it doesn't work well in side-tag

[3.7.6-9]
- Pin nettle version in Requires when compiled with FIPS

[3.7.6-8]
- Bundle GMP to privatize memory functions
- Disable certificate compression support by default

[3.7.6-7]
- Update gnutls-3.7.6-cpuid-fixes.patch

[3.7.6-6]
- Mark RSA SigVer operation approved for known modulus sizes (#2119770)
- accelerated: clear AVX bits if it cannot be queried through XSAVE

[3.7.6-5]
- Block DES-CBC usage in decrypting PKCS#12 bag under FIPS (#2115314)
- sysrng: reseed source DRBG for prediction resistance

[3.7.6-4]
- Make gnutls-cli work with KTLS for testing
- Fix double-free in gnutls_pkcs7_verify (#2109789)

[3.7.6-3]
- Limit input size for AES-GCM according to SP800-38D (#2108635)
- Do not treat GPG verification errors as fatal
- Remove gnutls-3.7.6-libgnutlsxx-const.patch

[3.7.6-2]
- Allow enabling KTLS with config file (#2108532)

[3.7.6-1]
- Update to gnutls 3.7.6 (#2102591)

[3.7.3-10]
- Use only the first component of VERSION from /etc/os-release (#2076626)
- Don't run power-on self-tests on DSA (#2076627)

nettle [3.8-3]
- Rebuild in new side-tag

[3.8-2]
- Bundle GMP to privatize memory functions
- Zeroize stack allocated intermediate data

[3.8-1]
- Update to nettle 3.8 (#2100350)

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.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 166051

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2022-6854.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Oracle Linux Local Security Checks

Published: 10/12/2022

Updated: 11/1/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 5.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-2509

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:gnutls-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:nettle, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:9, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:gnutls-dane, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:nettle-devel, 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 Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/11/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/1/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-2509

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