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Oracle Linux 5 : Critical: / tog-pegasus (ELSA-2008-0002)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 67629

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Synopsis

The remote Oracle Linux host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 5 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ELSA-2008-0002 advisory.

 [2.6.1-2.el5_1.1.0.1]
 - Added pegasus-enterprise.patch to allow detection of enterprise-release

 [2.6.1-2.el5_1.1]
 - Fix PAM authentication buffer overflow (CVE-2008-0003) Resolves: #427213

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 tog-pegasus and / or tog-pegasus-devel packages.

See Also

https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2008-0002.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 67629

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2008-0002.nasl

Version: 1.16

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/12/2013

Updated: 10/23/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 8.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 8.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2008-0003

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 9.4

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:H/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

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

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/8/2008

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/8/2008

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2008-0003

BID: 27172

RHSA: 2008:0002