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Oracle Linux 8 : rsyslog (ELSA-2020-1702)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 180953

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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-2020-1702 advisory.

 [8.1911.0-3] RHEL 8.2.0 ERRATUM
 - added patch reverting rejecting expired certs by default resolves: rhbz#1782353
 - added patch silencing false errors on config.enabled statement resolves: rhbz#1659383

 [8.1911.0-2] RHEL 8.2.0 ERRATUM
 - cleaned old patches, fixed patch names resolves: rhbz#1740683

 [8.1911.0-1] RHEL 8.2.0 ERRATUM
 - rebased to 8.1911.0 upstream version, removed, previously upstreamed patches resolves: rhbz#1740683 resolves: rhbz#1659383 resolves: rhbz#1746876 resolves: rhbz#1676559 resolves: rhbz#1692072 resolves: rhbz#1692073 resolves: rhbz#1692074 resolves: rhbz#1699242 resolves: rhbz#1738213 resolves: rhbz#1744691 resolves: rhbz#1755218 resolves: rhbz#1768321 resolves: rhbz#1768324
 - added patch fixing imfile stefiles naming resolves: rhbz#1763757

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-2020-1702.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 180953

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2020-1702.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/7/2023

Updated: 10/23/2024

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, 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-2019-17042

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.3

Threat Score: 8.1

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:rsyslog-kafka, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:rsyslog-mmnormalize, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:rsyslog-pgsql, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:rsyslog-mmsnmptrapd, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:rsyslog, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:rsyslog-gnutls, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:rsyslog-relp, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:8, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:rsyslog-doc, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:rsyslog-snmp, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:rsyslog-crypto, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:rsyslog-mysql, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:rsyslog-mmjsonparse, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:rsyslog-elasticsearch, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:rsyslog-mmkubernetes, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:rsyslog-gssapi, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:rsyslog-mmaudit

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/5/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/7/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-17041, CVE-2019-17042