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Oracle Linux 7 : rsyslog (ELSA-2020-1000)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 180649

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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-2020-1000 advisory.

 [8.24.0-52] RHEL 7.8 ERRATUM
 - edited patch file ID for imfile to not log useless errors also improved file-id behavior to adress newly found problems resolves: rhbz#1763746

 [8.24.0-49] RHEL 7.8 ERRATUM
 - fixed fsync patch to actually revognize the new option resolves: rhbz#1696686 (failedQA)

 [8.24.0-48] RHEL 7.8 ERRATUM
 - added patch resolving crash on wrong MsgProperty resolves: rhbz#1549706
 - added patch resolving CVE in pmaixforward module resolves: rhbz#1768320
 - added patch resolving CVE in pmcisconames module resolves: rhbz#1768323
 - added patch implementing file ID for imfile resolves: rhbz#1763746
 - added patch fixing omelasticsearch with ES 6.X resolves: rhbz#1600171

 [8.24.0-47] RHEL 7.8 ERRATUM
 - edited imfile truncation detection patch with reression fix resolves: rhbz#1744856

 [8.24.0-46] RHEL 7.8 ERRATUM
 - Support Intermediate Certificate Chains in rsyslog resolves: rhbz#1627799
 - fixed WorAroundJournalBug patch to not cause leaks resolves: rhbz#1744617
 - added patch fixing possible segfault in rate-limiter resolves: rhbz#1744682

 [8.24.0-45] RHEL 7.8 ERRATUM
 - fixed fsync patch according to covscan results resolves: rhbz#1696686

 [8.24.0-44] RHEL 7.8 ERRATUM
 - added patch and doc-patch for new caseSensitive imUDP/TCP option resolves: rhbz#1309698

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 packages.

See Also

https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2020-1000.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 180649

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2020-1000.nasl

Version: 1.2

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: 5.9

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-2019-17042

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

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

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.3

Threat Score: 8.1

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:rsyslog-mmnormalize, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:rsyslog-pgsql, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:rsyslog-mmsnmptrapd, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:rsyslog, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:rsyslog-relp, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:rsyslog-udpspoof, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:rsyslog-crypto, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:rsyslog-mysql, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:rsyslog-elasticsearch, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:rsyslog-snmp, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:rsyslog-gssapi, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:rsyslog-kafka, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:rsyslog-gnutls, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:rsyslog-mmjsonparse, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:7, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:rsyslog-doc, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:rsyslog-mmkubernetes, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:rsyslog-libdbi, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:rsyslog-mmaudit

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: 4/6/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/7/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-17041, CVE-2019-17042