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Oracle Linux 5 : nss_ldap (ELSA-2008-0389)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 180599

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Synopsis

The remote Oracle Linux host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 5 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ELSA-2008-0389 advisory.

 [253-12]
 - rebuild

 [253-11]
 - backport changes to group parsing from version 254 to fix heap corruption when parsing nested groups (#444031)

 [253-10]
 - remove unnecessary nss_ldap linkage to libnsl (part of #427370)

 [253-9]
 - rebuild

 [253-8]
 - incorporate Tomas Janouseks fix to prevent re-use of connections across fork() (#252337)

 [253-7]
 - add keyutils-libs-devel and libselinux-devel as a buildrequires: in order to static link with newer Kerberos (#427370)

 [253-6]
 - suppress password-expired errors encountered during referral chases during modify requests (#335661)
 - interpret server-supplied policy controls when chasing referrals, so that we dont give up when following a referral for a password change after reset (#335661)
 - dont attempt to change the password using ldap_modify if the password change mode is 'exop_send_old' (we already didnt for 'exop') (#364501)
 - dont drop the supplied password if the directory server indicates that the password needs to be changed because its just been reset: we may need it to chase a referral later (#335661)
 - correctly detect libresolv and build a URI using discovered settings, so that server discovery can work again (#254172)
 - honor the 'port' setting again by correctly detecting when a URI doesnt already specify one (#326351)

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 nss_ldap package.

See Also

https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2008-0389.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 180599

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2008-0389.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/7/2023

Updated: 10/23/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.2

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2007-5794

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.1

Temporal Score: 7.9

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:nss_ldap, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:5

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: 5/30/2008

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/13/2007

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2007-5794