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Oracle Linux 8 : haproxy (ELSA-2024-8849)

high Nessus Plugin ID 210385

Synopsis

The remote Oracle Linux host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 8 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ELSA-2024-8849 advisory.

 [1.8.27-5.1]
 - Reject '#' as part of URI path component (CVE-2023-45539, RHEL-18168)

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 haproxy package.

See Also

https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2024-8849.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 210385

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2024-8849.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/6/2024

Updated: 11/6/2024

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.5

Temporal Score: 6.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-45539

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.2

Temporal Score: 7.1

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:haproxy, cpe:/a:oracle:linux:8::appstream, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:8

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: 11/5/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/28/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-45539