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Oracle Linux 8 : gdb (ELSA-2019-3352)

high Nessus Plugin ID 180781

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Synopsis

The remote Oracle Linux host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ELSA-2019-3352 advisory.

 [8.2-6.el8]
 - Fix yum vs dnf messaging for RHEL8 (RH BZ 1666249):
 Add gdb-rhbz1666249-suggest-yum-instead-of-dnf.pattch Do not define DNF_DEBUGINFO_INSTALL for RHEL.
 - Backport 'Remove support for old mangling schemes' (Simon Marchi, RH BZ 1668635)
 - Backport 'Add checks for the NT_ARM_SVE section in a core file.' (Alan Hayward, RH BZ 1669953)
 - Backport more Power8 support (IBM, RH BZ 1187581)

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 packages.

See Also

https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2019-3352.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 180781

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2019-3352.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/7/2023

Updated: 11/1/2024

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-20657

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:gdb-gdbserver, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:gdb-headless, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:8, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:gdb-doc, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:gdb

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: 1/2/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-20657