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Oracle Linux 8 / 9 : gcc (ELSA-2023-12788)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 181323

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 8 / 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2023-12788 advisory.

 - CVE-2023-4039 GCC mitigation.
 Orabug 35751743.
 Includes removal of aarch64-preserve-args.patch.
 - CVE-2022-40982 'Intel Downfall' mitigation.
 Orabug 35751810.
 Add two patches originally from GCC upstream releases/gcc-11 branch.
 with major adjustment.
 gcc11-downfall-disable-gather-in-vec.patch gcc11-downfall-support-mno-gather.patch Reviewed-by: Jose E. Marchesi <[email protected]>

 gcc [el9]
 - CVE-2023-4039 GCC mitigation.
 Orabug 35751837.
 - CVE-2022-40982 'Intel Downfall' mitigation.
 Orabug 35751842.
 Add two patches originally from GCC upstream releases/gcc-11 branch.
 gcc11-downfall-disable-gather-in-vec.patch gcc11-downfall-support-mno-gather.patch Reviewed-by: Jose E. Marchesi <[email protected]>

 gcc-toolset-11-gcc [el8]
 - CVE-2023-4039 GCC mitigation.
 Orabug 35751885.
 - CVE-2022-40982 'Intel Downfall' mitigation.
 Orabug 35751901.
 Add two patches originally from GCC upstream releases/gcc-11 branch.
 gcc11-downfall-disable-gather-in-vec.patch gcc11-downfall-support-mno-gather.patch Reviewed-by: Jose E. Marchesi <[email protected]>

 gcc-toolset-12-gcc [el8/el9]
 - CVE-2023-4039 GCC mitigation.
 Orabug 35751931.
 - CVE-2022-40982 'Intel Downfall' mitigation.
 Orabug 35751938.
 Add two patches originally from GCC upstream releases/gcc-11 branch.
 gcc12-downfall-disable-gather-in-vec.patch gcc12-downfall-support-mno-gather.patch

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-2023-12788.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 181323

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2023-12788.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/12/2023

Updated: 11/1/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.6

Temporal Score: 3.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-40982

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.9

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libquadmath, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:8::baseos_latest, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:gcc-toolset-12-offload-nvptx, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:gcc-toolset-12-gcc-gfortran, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:gcc-gfortran, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:8, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:gcc-plugin-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libgcc, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:8:8:baseos_patch, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:cpp, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:gcc-plugin-annobin, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:gcc-gdb-plugin, cpe:/a:oracle:linux:9::appstream, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:gcc-toolset-12-libgccjit-devel, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:9:2:baseos_patch, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:9, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:gcc-toolset-11-gcc-c%2b%2b, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:gcc-toolset-11-gcc-plugin-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libatomic, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:gcc-toolset-11-gcc-gdb-plugin, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:gcc-toolset-12-gcc-c%2b%2b, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:gcc-toolset-11-libgccjit, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:gcc-toolset-12-libstdc%2b%2b-docs, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:gcc-toolset-11-libubsan-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:gcc-toolset-11-libstdc%2b%2b-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:gcc-toolset-11-libstdc%2b%2b-docs, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:gcc-toolset-11-libgccjit-docs, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:9::baseos_latest, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libgomp-offload-nvptx, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libgccjit, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:gcc-toolset-11-libitm-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libstdc%2b%2b-static, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libgccjit-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:gcc-toolset-12-liblsan-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:gcc-toolset-11-liblsan-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:gcc, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libgfortran, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libstdc%2b%2b, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:gcc-toolset-12-gcc-plugin-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:liblsan, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:gcc-toolset-11-gcc-gfortran, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libstdc%2b%2b-docs, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:gcc-toolset-12-libstdc%2b%2b-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libasan8, cpe:/a:oracle:linux:9::codeready_builder, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:gcc-c%2b%2b, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libitm-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libasan6, cpe:/a:oracle:linux:8::appstream, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libstdc%2b%2b-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:gcc-toolset-12-libgccjit-docs, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:gcc-toolset-11-gcc, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:gcc-toolset-11-libasan-devel, cpe:/a:oracle:linux:8::codeready_builder, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:gcc-toolset-11-libgccjit-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:gcc-toolset-11-libatomic-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:gcc-toolset-11-libtsan-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libatomic-static, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libubsan, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libquadmath-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:gcc-offload-nvptx, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libtsan, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:gcc-toolset-12-libasan-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:gcc-toolset-12-libquadmath-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:gcc-toolset-12-libtsan-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:gcc-toolset-11-libquadmath-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libitm, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libasan, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:gcc-toolset-12-libgccjit, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:gcc-toolset-12-libatomic-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:gcc-toolset-12-libitm-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:gcc-toolset-12-gcc-plugin-annobin, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libgomp, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libtsan2, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:gcc-toolset-12-gcc, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:gcc-toolset-12-libubsan-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: 9/12/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/3/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-40982, CVE-2023-4039