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Oracle Linux 7 : glibc (ELSA-2024-3588)

high Nessus Plugin ID 200131

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2024-3588 advisory.

 - CVE-2024-33599: nscd: buffer overflow in netgroup cache (RHEL-34263)
 - CVE-2024-33600: nscd: null pointer dereferences in netgroup cache
 - CVE-2024-33601: nscd: crash on out-of-memory condition
 - CVE-2024-33602: nscd: memory corruption with NSS netgroup modules

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-2024-3588.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 200131

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2024-3588.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/5/2024

Updated: 11/2/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.8

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9

Temporal Score: 7.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-2961

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.6

Temporal Score: 8

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

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-33602

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:oracle:exadata_dbserver:23.1.18.0.0::ovs3, cpe:/a:oracle:exadata_dbserver:22.1.27.0.0::ovs3, cpe:/a:oracle:exadata_dbserver:23.1.16.0.0::ovs3, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:glibc-headers, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:nscd, cpe:/a:oracle:linux:7::latest, cpe:/a:oracle:exadata_dbserver:22.1.25.0.0::ol7, cpe:/a:oracle:exadata_dbserver:22.1.27.0.0::ol7, cpe:/a:oracle:exadata_dbserver:22.1.25.0.0::ovs3, cpe:/a:oracle:linux:7::optional_latest, cpe:/a:oracle:exadata_dbserver:22.1.26.0.0::ol7, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:glibc, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:glibc-common, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:glibc-devel, cpe:/a:oracle:exadata_dbserver:23.1.17.0.0::ovs3, cpe:/a:oracle:exadata_dbserver:24.1.4.0.0::ovs3, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:7, cpe:/a:oracle:exadata_dbserver:22.1.26.0.0::ovs3, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:glibc-utils, cpe:/a:oracle:exadata_dbserver:24.1.3.0.0::ovs3, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:glibc-static, cpe:/a:oracle:exadata_dbserver:24.1.2.0.0::ovs3, cpe:/a:oracle:linux:7:9:patch

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/5/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/5/2024

Exploitable With

Metasploit (CosmicSting: Magento Arbitrary File Read (CVE-2024-34102) + PHP Buffer Overflow in the iconv() function of glibc (CVE-2024-2961))

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-2961, CVE-2024-33599, CVE-2024-33600, CVE-2024-33601, CVE-2024-33602