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Oracle Linux 5 : initscripts (ELSA-2012-0312)

high Nessus Plugin ID 68483

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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-2012-0312 advisory.

 [8.45.42-1.0.1.el5]
 - Update oracle-enterprise.patch to do detection on /etc/oracle-release and /etc/enterprise-release
 - Patch x86_64 sysctl.conf as well as default sysctl.conf
 - Patch sysctl.conf to default rp_filter to loose reverse path filtering (has no effect for pre-2.6.32 kernels) [orabug 10286227]
 - Move hwclock into udev rules
 - Update oracle-enterprise.patch to fix RedHat references in arch specific sysctl.conf files in source tarball
 - Add oracle-enterprise.patch and update specfile
 - Don't attempt to re-enslave already-enslaved devices (#455537) ([email protected])

 [8.45.42-1]
 - changed exchange_mode to 'main, aggressive' (#435274)

 [8.45.41-1]
 - fix check for dhcp6c pid (#568896)

 [8.45.40-1]
 - exit arping on first response (#744734)

 [8.45.39-1]
 - suppress remove error message during boot (#679998)
 - fix logic error with removing arp_ip_target (#745681)

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 initscripts package.

See Also

https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2012-0312.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 68483

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2012-0312.nasl

Version: 1.8

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: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.1

Temporal Score: 5.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2008-1198

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:H/A:N

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:initscripts, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:5

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

Patch Publication Date: 3/7/2012

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/6/2008

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2008-1198

RHSA: 2012:0312