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Oracle Linux 9 : procps-ng (ELSA-2023-6705)

low Nessus Plugin ID 185855

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Synopsis

The remote Oracle Linux host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ELSA-2023-6705 advisory.

 [3.3.17-13.0.1]
 - ps: remove uptime integer conversion [Orabug: 35909347]
 - ps: improved three elapsed 'jiffies/tics' calculations [Orabug: 35909347]

 [3.3.17-13]
 - ps: mitigation of possible buffer overflow
 - Resolves: rhbz#2228504

 [3.3.17-12]
 - sysctl: '-N' option shows values instead of names if '-p'
 - Resolves: rhbz#2222056

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 procps-ng, procps-ng-devel and / or procps-ng-i18n packages.

See Also

https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2023-6705.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 185855

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2023-6705.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/16/2023

Updated: 11/2/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 1.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 1.7

Temporal Score: 1.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-4016

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.3

Temporal Score: 2.9

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:oracle:linux:9, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:procps-ng-i18n, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:procps-ng, cpe:/a:oracle:linux:9::codeready_builder, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:9::baseos_latest, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:9:3:baseos_base, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:procps-ng-devel

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/11/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/2/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-4016

IAVA: 2023-A-0434