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Oracle Linux 9 : krb5 (ELSA-2024-6166)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 206499

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-2024-6166 advisory.

 [1.21.1-2.0.1]
 - Fixed race condition in krb5_set_password() [Orabug: 33609767]

 [1.21.1-2]
 - CVE-2024-37370 CVE-2024-37371 Fix vulnerabilities in GSS message token handling Resolves: RHEL-45401 RHEL-45390

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-2024-6166.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 206499

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2024-6166.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/3/2024

Updated: 11/2/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.4

Temporal Score: 7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-37371

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.1

Temporal Score: 7.9

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:oracle:linux:9:4:baseos_patch, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:krb5-pkinit, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:krb5-server-ldap, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libkadm5, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:krb5-workstation, cpe:/a:oracle:linux:9::appstream, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:krb5-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:krb5-server, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:krb5-libs, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:9::baseos_latest, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:9

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: 9/3/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/28/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-37370, CVE-2024-37371