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Oracle Linux 6 : dhcp (ELSA-2013-0504)
high Nessus Plugin ID 68744
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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-2013-0504 advisory.- Reducing the expiration time for an IPv6 lease may cause the server to crash (CVE-2012-3955, #858130)
- An error in the handling of malformed client identifiers can cause a denial-of-service condition in affected servers. (CVE-2012-3571, #843122)
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
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 68744
File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2013-0504.nasl
Version: 1.15
Type: local
Agent: unix
Published: 7/12/2013
Updated: 10/23/2024
Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Low
Score: 3.6
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.1
Temporal Score: 5.3
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2012-3955
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:dhcp, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:dhcp-common, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:dhclient, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:dhcp-devel, 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: 2/25/2013
Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/14/2012
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2012-3955
RHSA: 2013:0504