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Oracle Linux 9 : buildah (ELSA-2025-0923)

high Nessus Plugin ID 214985

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-2025-0923 advisory.

 [1.37.6-1.0.1]
 - Drop nmap-ncat requirement and skip ignore-socket test case [Orabug: 34117178]

 [2:1.37.6-1]
 - update to the latest content of https://github.com/containers/buildah/tree/release-1.37 (https://github.com/containers/buildah/commit/fd39521)
 - Resolves: RHEL-67617

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 buildah and / or buildah-tests packages.

See Also

https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2025-0923.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 214985

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2025-0923.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/4/2025

Updated: 2/4/2025

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 8.1

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-11218

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.6

Temporal Score: 7.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:oracle:linux:9::appstream, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:9, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:buildah-tests, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:buildah

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: 2/4/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/20/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-11218

IAVA: 2025-A-0061