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Oracle Linux 5 : nfs-utils (ELSA-2009-1321)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 180604

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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-2009-1321 advisory.

 [1.0.9-42 ]
 - mountd: Check host alias with netgroups (bz 478952)
 - exportfs: fixed typo in man page (bz 474848)
 - nfs.init: NFS server reboot results in 'Stale NFS file handle' (bz 474449)
 - nfslock.init: options not correctly parsed (bz 459591)
 - mount.nfs: mounts fail with read-only /etc (bz 450646)
 - nfslock.init: lockd not using settings in sysconfig/nfs (bz 434795)
 - tcpwrappers: updated code to correctly use api (bz 494878)
 - nhfsstone: added v3 and v4 support (bz 465933)
 - mount.nfs: add support for lookupcache= option (bz 489335).

 [1.0.9-41]
 - clarify 'mount request from unknown host' log message from mountd (bz 463578)

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 nfs-utils package.

See Also

https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2009-1321.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 180604

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2009-1321.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/7/2023

Updated: 10/22/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2008-4552

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:H/I:H/A:N

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:nfs-utils, 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: 9/8/2009

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/11/2008

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2008-4552