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Oracle Linux 7 : glibc (ELSA-2017-3582)

high Nessus Plugin ID 180864

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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-2017-3582 advisory.

 [2.17-157.4]
 - Avoid large allocas in the dynamic linker (#1452720)

 [2.17-157.2]
 - Fix use of uninitialized data in getaddrinfo with nscd (#1436312)

 [2.17-157.1]
 - Do not set initgroups in default nsswitch.conf (#1388638)
 - nss_db: Request larger buffers for long group entries (#1388637)
 - nss_db: Fix get*ent crash without preceding set*ent (#1388635)
 - nss_db: Fix endless loop in services database processing (#1388639)

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-2017-3582.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 180864

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2017-3582.nasl

Version: 1.3

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: High

Score: 7.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.2

Temporal Score: 5.1

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-1000364

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.4

Temporal Score: 6.9

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:glibc-headers, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:nscd, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:7, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:glibc, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:glibc-utils, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:glibc-static, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:glibc-common, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:glibc-devel

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: 6/20/2017

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/19/2017

Exploitable With

Metasploit (Solaris RSH Stack Clash Privilege Escalation)

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-1000364

IAVB: 2017-B-0075