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Oracle Linux 8 : openssh (ELSA-2019-3702)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 180726

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2019-3702 advisory.

 [8.0p1-3 + 0.10.3-7]
 - Fix typos in manual pages (#1668325)
 - Use the upstream support for PKCS#8 PEM files alongside with the legacy PEM files (#1712436)
 - Unbreak ssh-keygen -A in FIPS mode (#1732424)
 - Add missing RSA certificate types to offered hostkey types in FIPS mode (#1732449)

 [8.0p1-2 + 0.10.3-7]
 - Allow specifying a pin-value in PKCS #11 URI in ssh-add (#1639698)
 - Whitelist another syscall variant for s390x cryptographic module (ibmca engine) (#1714915)

 [8.0p1-1 + 0.10.3-7]
 - New upstream release (#1691045)
 - Remove support for unused VendorPatchLevel configuration option
 - Fix kerberos cleanup procedures (#1683295)
 - Do not negotiate arbitrary primes with DH GEX in FIPS (#1685096)
 - Several GSSAPI key exchange improvements and sync with Debian
 - Allow to use labels in PKCS#11 URIs even if they do not match on private key (#1671262)
 - Do not fall back to sshd_net_t SELinux context (#1678695)
 - Use FIPS compliant high-level signature OpenSSL API and KDF
 - Mention crypto-policies in manual pages
 - Do not fail if non-FIPS approved algorithm is enabled in FIPS
 - Generate the PEM files in new PKCS#8 format without the need of MD5 (#1712436)

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-2019-3702.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 180726

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2019-3702.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/7/2023

Updated: 10/22/2024

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.1

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.8

Temporal Score: 4.5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-6111

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 6.1

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

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-6109

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:openssh-askpass, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:openssh-clients, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:pam_ssh_agent_auth, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:8, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:openssh-ldap, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:openssh, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:openssh-cavs, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:openssh-keycat, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:openssh-server

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/14/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/10/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-20685, CVE-2019-6109, CVE-2019-6111