Oracle Linux 8 : pam (ELSA-2024-3163)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 198029

Synopsis

The remote Oracle Linux host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ELSA-2024-3163 advisory.

[1.3.1-33]
- pam_namespace: protect_dir(): use O_DIRECTORY to prevent local DoS situations. CVE-2024-22365. Resolves: RHEL-21242

[1.3.1-32]
- pam_access: handle hostnames in access.conf. Resolves: RHEL-3374

[1.3.1-31]
- pam_faillock: create tallydir before creating tallyfile. Resolves: RHEL-19810

[1.3.1-30]
- pam_unix: enable bcrypt. Resolves: RHEL-5057

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 pam and / or pam-devel packages.

See Also

https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2024-3163.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 198029

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2024-3163.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 5/28/2024

Updated: 5/28/2024

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.6

Temporal Score: 3.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-22365

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:pam, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:8::baseos_latest, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:8:10:baseos_base, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:8, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:pam-devel

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: 5/23/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/1/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-22365