Oracle Linux 5 : sos (ELSA-2013-1121)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 69159

Synopsis

The remote Oracle Linux host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 5 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ELSA-2013-1121 advisory.

[1.7-9.62.0.1.el5_9.1]
- add patch to remove all sysrq echo commands from sysreport.legacy (John Sobecki) [orabug 11061754]
- comment out rh-upload-core and README.rh-upload-core in specfile

[1.7-9.62.el5_9.1]
- Remove anaconda-ks.cfg collection from general plug-in Resolves: bz965807

[1.7-9.62.el5_9]
- Elide passwords in anaconda-ks.cfg and yum.repos.d Resolves: bz965807

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 sos package.

See Also

https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2013-1121.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 69159

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2013-1121.nasl

Version: 1.9

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/31/2013

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: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.2

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2012-2664

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

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:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:sos, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:5

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: 7/30/2013

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/29/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-2664

BID: 54116

RHSA: 2013:1121