Oracle Linux 9 : openssl (ELSA-2024-12675)

high Nessus Plugin ID 207515

Synopsis

The remote Oracle Linux host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ELSA-2024-12675 advisory.

[3.0.7-28.0.1_fips]
- Replace upstream references in fips man pages [Orabug: 35824276]
- Add FIPS package change: add fips suffix to Release and set Epoch to 10 [Orabug: 35824276]
- Update FIPS module name and remove upstream references from fips_module_indicators manpage [Orabug: 35824276]

[3.0.7-28.0.1]
- Drop OpenELA branding, apply Oracle branding patches
- Enable openssl-fips-provider dependency [Orabug: 36504822]
- Temporary disable openssl-fips-provider dependency [Orabug: 36504822]
- Replace upstream references [Orabug: 34340177]

[1:3.0.7-28]
- Patch for CVE-2024-6119 Resolves: RHEL-55340

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 packages.

See Also

https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2024-12675.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 207515

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2024-12675.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/20/2024

Updated: 9/20/2024

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: 5.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-6119

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:openssl-perl, cpe:/a:oracle:linux:9::u3_security_validation, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:openssl-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:openssl-libs, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:openssl, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:9

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: 9/19/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/26/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-6119

IAVA: 2024-A-0541