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Oracle Linux 7 : binutils (ELSA-2019-2075)

high Nessus Plugin ID 180505

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Synopsis

The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2019-2075 advisory.

 [2.27-41.base.0.1]
 - Complete the backport of upstream commit a5def14f1ca70e14d9433cb229c9369fa3051598 Add a test for R_386_GOT32/R_386_GOT32X IFUNC reloc error [Orabug 27930573]
 - Reviewed-by: Jose E. Marchesi <[email protected]>

 [2.27-41.base]
 - Fix up some linker tests that fail because of the R_x86_64_GOTPCRELX patch. (#1699745)

 [2.27-40.base]
 - Enable gold for PowerPC and s390x. (#1670014)

 [2.27-39.base]
 - Fix a potential illegal memory access triggered by an integer overflow. (#1665884)

 [2.27-38.base]
 - Disable optimizations of x06_64 PLT entries. (#1624779)

 [2.27-37.base]
 - Add the .attach-to-group pseudo-op to the assembler. (#1652587)

 [2.27-36.base]
 - Prevent resource exhaustion attacks on libibertys name demangling code. (#1598561)

 [2.27-35.base]
 - Stop strip crashing when removing .comment sections. (#1644632)

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 binutils and / or binutils-devel packages.

See Also

https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2019-2075.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 180505

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2019-2075.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/5/2023

Updated: 11/1/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.6

Temporal Score: 3.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-1000876

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:binutils-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:binutils, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:7

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/13/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/22/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-1000876, CVE-2018-12641, CVE-2018-12697