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Oracle Linux 6 : busybox (ELSA-2013-1732)

high Nessus Plugin ID 71113

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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-2013-1732 advisory.

 [1:1.15.1-20]
 - Resolves: #855832 'Installation from NFS: That directory could not be mounted from the server' by switching NFS mount default from UDP to TCP.
 There was another place (in uclibc this time) which used UDP.

 [1:1.15.1-19]
 - Resolves: #1015010 'busybox: insecure directory permissions in /dev'

 [1:1.15.1-18]
 - Resolves: #855832 'Installation from NFS: That directory could not be mounted from the server' by switching NFS mount default from UDP to TCP.

 [1:1.15.1-17]
 - Resolves: #820097
 - 's390x: wc: : No such file or directory'

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 busybox and / or busybox-petitboot packages.

See Also

https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2013-1732.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 71113

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2013-1732.nasl

Version: 1.8

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/27/2013

Updated: 10/22/2024

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 5.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2013-1813

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:busybox-petitboot, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:busybox, 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: 11/26/2013

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/23/2013

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2013-1813

BID: 58249

RHSA: 2013:1732