Oracle Linux 7 : procps-ng (ELSA-2019-2189)

high Nessus Plugin ID 180790

Synopsis

The remote Oracle Linux host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ELSA-2019-2189 advisory.

[3.3.10-26]
- free: unreclaimable slabs counted into free memory, used mem incorrect
- Resolves: rhbz#1699264

[3.3.10-25]
- ps: recognize SCHED_DEADLINE in CLS field, upstream backport
- Resolves: rhbz#1692843

[3.3.10-24]
- top: Do not default to the cwd in configs_read()
- Resolves: rhbz#1577023

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 procps-ng, procps-ng-devel and / or procps-ng-i18n packages.

See Also

https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2019-2189.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 180790

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2019-2189.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/7/2023

Updated: 11/1/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.4

Temporal Score: 3.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-1122

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7

Temporal Score: 6.3

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:procps-ng-i18n, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:7, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:procps-ng-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:procps-ng

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/13/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/17/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-1122

IAVA: 2018-A-0174-S