Detections
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Oracle Linux 8 : sysstat (ELSA-2023-7010)
high Nessus Plugin ID 186099
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Synopsis
The remote Oracle Linux host is missing a security update.Description
The remote Oracle Linux 8 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ELSA-2023-7010 advisory.- 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
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 186099
File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2023-7010.nasl
Version: 1.1
Type: local
Agent: unix
Published: 11/21/2023
Updated: 10/22/2024
Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, 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:8:9:appstream_base, cpe:/a:oracle:linux:8::appstream, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:sysstat, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:8
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: 11/17/2023
Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/18/2023
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2023-33204