Oracle Linux 6 : libcgroup (ELSA-2011-0320)

high Nessus Plugin ID 68218

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 6 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2011-0320 advisory.

[0.36-6.1]
- Fixed buffer overflow when parsing cgexec command line parameters.
- Added checking of source of netlink messages to cgrulesengd daemon.
- Resolves: CVE-2011-1006 CVE-2011-1022

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 libcgroup, libcgroup-devel and / or libcgroup-pam packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 68218

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2011-0320.nasl

Version: 1.11

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Oracle Linux Local Security Checks

Published: 7/12/2013

Updated: 10/22/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2011-1006

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/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:libcgroup-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libcgroup, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libcgroup-pam, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:6

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/3/2011

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/22/2011

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2011-1006, CVE-2011-1022

BID: 46578, 46729

RHSA: 2011:0320

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