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Oracle Linux 9 : pam:1.5.1 (ELSA-2024-10244)

high Nessus Plugin ID 211864

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-2024-10244 advisory.

 - pam_access: rework resolving of tokens as hostname.
 Resolves: CVE-2024-10963 and RHEL-66245

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, pam-devel and / or pam-docs packages.

See Also

https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2024-10244.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 211864

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2024-10244.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/26/2024

Updated: 11/26/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.1

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-10963

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.4

Temporal Score: 6.4

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:pam, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:pam-devel, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:9, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:9::baseos_latest, cpe:/a:oracle:linux:9::appstream, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:pam-docs, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:9:5:baseos_patch

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: 11/25/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/7/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-10963