Oracle Linux 8 : ksh (ELSA-2020-0559)

high Nessus Plugin ID 180682

Synopsis

The remote Oracle Linux host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 8 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ELSA-2020-0559 advisory.

[20120801-253.0.1.el8_1]
- Disable _AST_no_spawnveg for taskset workaround [Orabug: 26754277] Red Hat Bug: #1295563

[20120801-253]
- Do not evaluate arithmetic expressions from environment variables at startup Resolves: #1790546

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 ksh package.

See Also

https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2020-0559.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 180682

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2020-0559.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: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-14868

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.8

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:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:ksh, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:8

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: 2/20/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/7/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-14868