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Oracle Linux 5 : krb5 (ELSA-2009-0408)

high Nessus Plugin ID 67836

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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-2009-0408 advisory.

 - update to revised patch for CVE-2009-0844/CVE-2009-0845
 - add fix for potential buffer read overrun in the SPNEGO GSSAPI mechanism (#490635, CVE-2009-0844)
 - add fix for NULL pointer dereference when handling certain error cases in the SPNEGO GSSAPI mechanism (#490635, CVE-2009-0845)
 - add fix for attempt to free uninitialized pointer in the ASN.1 decoder (#490635, CVE-2009-0846)
 - add fix for bug in length validation in the ASN.1 decoder (CVE-2009-0847)

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 packages.

See Also

https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2009-0408.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 67836

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2009-0408.nasl

Version: 1.9

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: 7.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2009-0846

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-2009-0845

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:oracle:linux:5, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:krb5-workstation, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:krb5-server, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:krb5-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:krb5-libs

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: 4/7/2009

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/27/2009

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2009-0844, CVE-2009-0845, CVE-2009-0846

RHSA: 2009:0408