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Oracle Linux 5 / 6 : gnupg2 (ELSA-2013-1459)

high Nessus Plugin ID 70598

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 5 / 6 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2013-1459 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

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 gnupg2 and / or gnupg2-smime packages.

See Also

https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2013-1459.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 70598

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2013-1459.nasl

Version: 1.12

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/25/2013

Updated: 10/22/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.0

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: 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-2013-4402

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:gnupg2, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:gnupg2-smime, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:5, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:6

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

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-2013-4351, CVE-2013-4402

BID: 57102, 62857, 62921

RHSA: 2013:1459