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Oracle Linux 6 : glibc (ELSA-2012-0393)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 68497

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Synopsis

The remote Oracle Linux host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 6 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ELSA-2012-0393 advisory.

 [2.12-1.47.el6_2.9]
 - Always use another area after a failed allocation in the main arena (#795328)
 - Remove sse3 memcpy (#695812) changes (#799259)

 [2.12-1.47.el6_2.8]
 - Avoid nargs integer overflow which could be used to bypass FORTIFY_SOURCE (#794815)

 [2.12-1.47.el6_2.7]
 - Fix locking on malloc family retry paths (#795328)

 [2.12-1.47.el6_2.6]
 - Fix cycle detection in dynamic loader (#783999)

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 packages.

See Also

https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2012-0393.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 68497

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2012-0393.nasl

Version: 1.10

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/12/2013

Updated: 10/22/2024

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2012-0864

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.8

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:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:glibc-headers, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:nscd, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:glibc, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:glibc-utils, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:glibc-static, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:glibc-common, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:glibc-devel, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:6

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/16/2012

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/2/2013

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-0864

BID: 52201

RHSA: 2012:0393