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Oracle Linux 6 : rsyslog (ELSA-2012-0796)

high Nessus Plugin ID 68549

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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-2012-0796 advisory.

 [5.8.10-2]
 - add patch to update information on debugging in the man page Resolves: #820311
 - add patch to prevent debug output to stdout after forking Resolves: #820996
 - add patch to support ssl certificates with domain names longer than 128 chars Resolves: #822118

 [5.8.10-1]
 - rebase to rsyslog 5.8.10 Resolves: #803550 Resolves: #805424 Resolves: #813079 Resolves: #813084
 - consider lock file in 'status' action Resolves: #807608
 - add impstats and imptcp modules
 - include new license text files
 - specify which versions of sysklogd are obsoleted

 [5.8.7-1]
 - rebase to rsyslog-5.8.7
 - change license from 'GPLv3+' to '(GPLv3+ and ASL 2.0)' http://blog.gerhards.net/2012/01/rsyslog-licensing-update.html
 - remove patches obsoleted by rebase
 - add patches for better sysklogd compatibility (taken from upstream)
 - update included files for the new major version Resolves: #672182 Resolves: #727380 Resolves: #756664 Resolves: #767527 Resolves: #769025
 - add several directories for storing auxiliary data Resolves: #740420
 - fix source package URL

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-2012-0796.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 68549

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2012-0796.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: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2.1

Temporal Score: 1.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2011-4623

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:rsyslog-pgsql, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:rsyslog, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:rsyslog-gnutls, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:rsyslog-relp, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:rsyslog-snmp, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:rsyslog-mysql, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:rsyslog-gssapi, 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: 7/2/2012

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/25/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2011-4623

BID: 51171

RHSA: 2012:0796