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Oracle Linux 5 : glibc (ELSA-2012-1207)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 68605

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Synopsis

The remote Oracle Linux host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 5 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ELSA-2012-1207 advisory.

 [2.5-81.el5_8.7]
 - Fix out of bounds array access in strto* exposed by 847929 patch.

 [2.5-81.el5_8.6]
 - Fix integer overflow leading to buffer overflow in strto* (#847929)

 [2.5-81.el5_8.5]
 - Do not use PT_IEEE_IP ptrace calls (#839411)
 - Update ULPs (#839411)
 - Fix various transcendentals in non-default rounding modes (#839411)

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-2012-1207.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 68605

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2012-1207.nasl

Version: 1.11

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/12/2013

Updated: 11/1/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.6

Temporal Score: 3.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2012-3480

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: cpe:/o:oracle:linux:5, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:glibc-headers, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:nscd, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:glibc-utils, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:glibc, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:glibc-common, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:glibc-devel

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/27/2012

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/25/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-3480

BID: 54982

RHSA: 2012:1207