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Oracle Linux 5 : Moderate: / perl-Net-DNS (ELSA-2007-0674)

high Nessus Plugin ID 67541

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Synopsis

The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 5 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2007-0674 advisory.

 [0.31-4.el3]
 - Resolves: rhbz#245616
 - Backport patch to fix dn_expand looping issue
 - Backport patch to randomize ID field
 - Also allow disabling of online tests

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 perl-Net-DNS package.

See Also

https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2007-0674.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 67541

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2007-0674.nasl

Version: 1.10

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/12/2013

Updated: 10/22/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2007-3377

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.7

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

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2007-3409

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:oracle:linux:5, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:perl-net-dns

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/OracleLinux, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/12/2007

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/25/2007

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2007-3377, CVE-2007-3409

BID: 24669

RHSA: 2007:0674