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Oracle Linux 9 : protobuf (ELSA-2022-7970)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 168075

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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-2022-7970 advisory.

 [3.14.0-13]
 - Rebuilt for test fixes

 [3.14.0-12]
 - Rebuilt for test fixes

 [3.14.0-11]
 - Applied patch for for CVE-2021-22570 (#2055641)

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-2022-7970.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 168075

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2022-7970.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/22/2022

Updated: 11/2/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2.1

Temporal Score: 1.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-22570

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 4.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/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:protobuf-lite, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:protobuf-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:python3-protobuf, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:protobuf, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:protobuf-lite-devel, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:9, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:protobuf-compiler

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/22/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/26/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-22570