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Oracle Linux 8 : mod_auth_openidc:2.3 (ELSA-2023-6940)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 186092

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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-2023-6940 advisory.

 - CVE-2023-37464 cjose: AES GCM decryption uses the Tag length from the actual Authentication Tag provided in the JWE Resolves: rhbz#2223308

 mod_auth_openidc Related: rhbz#2141850 - fix cjose version dependency

 Resolves: rhbz#2141850 - auth_openidc.conf mode 0640 by default
 - Resolves: rhbz#2184144 - CVE-2023-28625 NULL pointer dereference when OIDCStripCookies is set and a crafted Cookie header is supplied

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 cjose, cjose-devel and / or mod_auth_openidc packages.

See Also

https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2023-6940.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 186092

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2023-6940.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/21/2023

Updated: 10/22/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.4

Temporal Score: 4.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-23527

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.1

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:cjose-devel, cpe:/a:oracle:linux:8::appstream, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:8, cpe:/a:oracle:linux:8:9:appstream_base, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:mod_auth_openidc, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:cjose

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: 11/18/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/14/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-23527, CVE-2023-28625