Oracle Linux 5 / 6 : dhcp (ELSA-2011-1160)

high Nessus Plugin ID 68324

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 5 / 6 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2011-1160 advisory.

[12:4.1.1-19.P1.1]
- A pair of defects cause the server to halt upon processing certain packets (CVE-2011-2748, CVE-2011-2749, #729883)

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.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 68324

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2011-1160.nasl

Version: 1.12

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Oracle Linux Local Security Checks

Published: 7/12/2013

Updated: 10/23/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 5.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2011-2749

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:dhcp, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:5, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libdhcp4client, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:dhclient, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libdhcp4client-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:dhcp-devel, 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: 8/16/2011

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/15/2011

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2011-2748, CVE-2011-2749

BID: 49120

RHSA: 2011:1160

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