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Oracle Linux 9 : gnutls (ELSA-2024-12336)

high Nessus Plugin ID 193736

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2024-12336 advisory.

 [3.7.6-23.4_fips]
 - Add FIPS package change: add fips suffix to Release and set Epoch to 10 [Orabug: 35925409]
 - Update FIPS module name for Oracle Linux [Orabug: 35925409]
 - Verify salt length and iteration count for PBKDF [Orabug: 35925409]

 [3.7.6-23.4]
 - Fix timing side-channel in deterministic ECDSA (RHEL-28958)
 - Fix potential crash during chain building/verification (RHEL-28953)

 [3.7.6-23.3]
 - x509: detect loop in certificate chain (RHEL-21759)
 - fips: Zeroize temporary values in integrity check (RHEL-21870)

 [3.7.6-23.2]
 - auth/rsa_psk: minimize branching after decryption

 [3.7.6-23.1]
 - auth/rsa_psk: side-step potential side-channel (RHEL-16755)

 [3.7.6-23]
 - Mark SHA-1 signature verification non-approved in FIPS (#2102751)

 [3.7.6-22]
 - Skip KTLS test on old kernel if host and target arches are different

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-2024-12336.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 193736

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2024-12336.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 4/23/2024

Updated: 11/2/2024

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.1

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-0553

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.7

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

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.3

Threat Score: 8.9

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:P

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-5981

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:gnutls-devel, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:9, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:gnutls-dane, cpe:/a:oracle:linux:9::u3_security_validation, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:gnutls-utils, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:gnutls-c%2b%2b, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:gnutls

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/19/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/28/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-5981, CVE-2024-0553, CVE-2024-0567, CVE-2024-28834, CVE-2024-28835