Oracle Linux 5 : gnupg (ELSA-2013-1458)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 70597

Synopsis

The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 5 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2013-1458 advisory.

- fix CVE-2013-4351 gpg treats no-usage-permitted keys as all-usages-permitted
- fix CVE-2012-6085 GnuPG: read_block() corrupt key input validation
- fix CVE-2013-4242 GnuPG susceptible to Yarom/Falkner side-channel attack
- fix CVE-2013-4402 GnuPG: infinite recursion in the compressed packet parser

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 gnupg package.

See Also

https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2013-1458.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 70597

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2013-1458.nasl

Version: 1.11

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/25/2013

Updated: 10/22/2024

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.5

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.8

Temporal Score: 4.5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2013-4351

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 9

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2013-4242

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:gnupg, 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: 10/24/2013

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/23/2013

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-6085, CVE-2013-4242, CVE-2013-4351, CVE-2013-4402

BID: 57102, 61464, 62857, 62921

RHSA: 2013:1458