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Oracle Linux 5 : Important: / pcre (ELSA-2007-1059)

high Nessus Plugin ID 67611

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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 packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2007-1059 advisory.

 [6.6-2.7]
 - Fix the names of the patches added in 6.6-2.5:
 mv pcre-6.4-posix.diff pcre-6.6-CVE-2006-7225.patch mv pcre-6.4-fix1.patch pcre-6.6-CVE-2006-7226.patch
 - Update pcre-6.6-CVE-2007-1659.patch
 - Update pcre-6.6-CVE-2007-1660.patch
 - Add pcre-6.6-CVE-2006-7230.patch
 - Resolves: #380531

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 pcre and / or pcre-devel packages.

See Also

https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2007-1059.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 67611

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2007-1059.nasl

Version: 1.13

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: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2006-7228

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:N/I:N/A:H

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2006-7225

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:pcre, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:pcre-devel, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:5

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: 11/30/2007

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/14/2007

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2006-7225, CVE-2006-7226, CVE-2006-7228, CVE-2006-7230

BID: 26725

RHSA: 2007:1059