Oracle Linux 6 : libtasn1 (ELSA-2014-0596)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 74298

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 6 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2014-0596 advisory.

[2.3-6]
- added check for null pointer (#1102336)

[2.3-5]
- fix various DER decoding issues (#1102336)

[2.3-4]
- fix CVE-2012-1569 - missing length check when decoding DER lengths (#804920)

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 libtasn1, libtasn1-devel and / or libtasn1-tools packages.

See Also

https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2014-0596.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 74298

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2014-0596.nasl

Version: 1.13

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/4/2014

Updated: 10/23/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2014-3468

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2014-3469

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libtasn1-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libtasn1-tools, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:6, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libtasn1

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: 6/3/2014

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/5/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-3467, CVE-2014-3468, CVE-2014-3469

BID: 52668, 67745, 67748, 67749

RHSA: 2014:0596