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Oracle Linux 6 : nfs-utils (ELSA-2011-1534)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 181094

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 6 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2011-1534 advisory.

 [1.2.3-15]
 - mout.nfs: Don't roll back to IPv4 whe IPv6 fails (bz 744657)
 - rpcdebug: Added pNFS and FSCache debugging (bz 747400)

 [1.2.3-14]
 - mount.nfs: Backported how upstream handles the SIGXFSZ signal (bz 697981)

 [1.2.3-13]
 - mount.nfs: Reworked the code that deals with RLIMIT_FSIZE (bz 697981)

 [1.2.3-12]
 - Removed the stripping of debugging information from rpcdebug (bz 729001)

 [1.2.3-11]
 - mount.nfs: Fixed problem in mount error verbosity patch (bz 731693)

 [1.2.3-10]
 - mount.nfs: add error verbosity to invalid versions (bz 731693)

 [1.2.3-9]
 - umount.nfs: Got IPV6 unmounts working again (bz 732673)
 - mountd: return multiple hosts exporting the same directory (bz 726112)
 - mount: Better error message for invalid version (bz 723780)

 [1.2.3-8]
 - initscripts: just try to mount rpc_pipefs always (bz 692702)
 - Rely on crypto module autoloading in init scripts
 - svcgssd: Document '-n' for svcgssd (bz 697359)
 - mount.nfs: anticipate RLIMIT_FSIZE (bz 697981)
 - exportfs manpage: Ipv6 update (bz 715078)
 - mountd: Stop segfault in mtab code (bz 723438)
 - exportfs: wilcards in exports can lead to unintended mounts (bz 715391)
 - umount: allow spaces in unmount paths (bz 702273)
 - specfile: reordered how libgssglue is linked in (bz 720479)

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 nfs-utils package.

See Also

https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2011-1534.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 181094

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2011-1534.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/7/2023

Updated: 10/22/2024

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-2011-2500

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:nfs-utils, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:6

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: 12/14/2011

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/21/2011

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2011-1749, CVE-2011-2500