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Oracle Linux 8 : systemd (ELSA-2020-1794)

high Nessus Plugin ID 180927

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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-2020-1794 advisory.

 - sd-bus: use 'queue' message references for managing r/w message queues in connection objects (CVE-2020-1712)
 - sd-bus: make rqueue/wqueue sizes of type size_t (CVE-2020-1712)
 - sd-bus: reorder bus ref and bus message ref handling (CVE-2020-1712)
 - sd-bus: make sure dispatch_rqueue() initializes return parameter on all types of success (CVE-2020-1712)
 - sd-bus: drop two inappropriate empty lines (CVE-2020-1712)
 - sd-bus: initialize mutex after we allocated the wqueue (CVE-2020-1712)
 - sd-bus: always go through sd_bus_unref() to free messages (CVE-2020-1712)
 - bus-message: introduce two kinds of references to bus messages (CVE-2020-1712)
 - sd-bus: introduce API for re-enqueuing incoming messages (CVE-2020-1712)
 - sd-event: add sd_event_source_disable_unref() helper (CVE-2020-1712)
 - polkit: when authorizing via PK lets re-resolve callback/userdata instead of caching it (CVE-2020-1712)

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-2020-1794.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 180927

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2020-1794.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/7/2023

Updated: 11/1/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.6

Temporal Score: 3.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-3844

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/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:systemd-pam, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:systemd-journal-remote, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:systemd-container, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:systemd-devel, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:8, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:systemd-udev, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:systemd-tests, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:systemd, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:systemd-libs

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: 5/5/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/25/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-3843, CVE-2019-3844