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Oracle Linux 7 : unixODBC (ELSA-2019-2336)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 180875

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2019-2336 advisory.

 [2.3.1-14.0.1]
 - backport unchecked malloc memory references fix [Orabug: 29684195]

 [2.3.1-14]
 - fixed insecure buffer copy (#1571530)
 - fixed possible buffer overflow (#1571528)

 [2.3.1-13]
 - revert: ltdl bundling

 [2.3.1-12]
 - fix the libtool-ltdl compatibility Resolves: rhbz#1267438

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 unixODBC and / or unixODBC-devel packages.

See Also

https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2019-2336.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 180875

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2019-2336.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: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-7485

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/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:unixodbc, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:unixodbc-devel, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:7

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/13/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/22/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-7409, CVE-2018-7485