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Oracle Linux 5 : Important: / autofs (ELSA-2007-1176)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 67627

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Synopsis

The remote Oracle Linux host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 5 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ELSA-2007-1176 advisory.

 [5.0.1-0.rc2.55.el5.2]
 - Bug 426219: CVE-2007-6285 autofs default doesn't set nodev in /net [rhel-5.1.z]
 - use mount option nodev for -hosts map unless dev is explicily specified.
 - Related: rhbz#426219

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 autofs package.

See Also

https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2007-1176.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 67627

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2007-1176.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: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.2

Temporal Score: 4.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2007-6285

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:autofs, 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: 12/20/2007

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/20/2007

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2007-6285

BID: 26970

RHSA: 2007:1176