Oracle Linux 6 : krb5 (ELSA-2012-1131)

high Nessus Plugin ID 68589

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-2012-1131 advisory.

- pull up the patch to correct a possible NULL pointer dereference in kadmind (CVE-2012-1013, #827517)

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.

See Also

https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2012-1131.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 68589

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2012-1131.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: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.3

Temporal Score: 7.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2012-1015

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:N/A:H

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2012-1013

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:krb5-server-ldap, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:krb5-workstation, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:krb5-pkinit-openssl, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:krb5-server, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:krb5-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:krb5-libs, 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: 8/1/2012

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/7/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-1013, CVE-2012-1015

BID: 53784, 54750

RHSA: 2012:1131