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Oracle Linux 9 : sysstat (ELSA-2023-6569)

high Nessus Plugin ID 185825

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Synopsis

The remote Oracle Linux host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 9 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ELSA-2023-6569 advisory.

 [12.5.4-7.0.1]
 - add mpstat -H option to also display physically hotplugged vCPUs [Orabug: 34683087]

 [12.5.4-7]
 - add description of UMASK to man/systat.in (rhbz#2216805)

 [12.5.4-6]
 - fix the arithmetic overflow in allocate_structures() that is still possible on some 32 bit systems (CVE-2023-33204)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Oracle Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected sysstat package.

See Also

https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2023-6569.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 185825

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2023-6569.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/16/2023

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: 7.2

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-33204

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.8

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:oracle:linux:9::appstream, cpe:/a:oracle:linux:9:3:appstream_base, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:9, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:sysstat

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: 11/11/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/18/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-33204