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Oracle Linux 5 : yum- (ELSA-2014-1004)

high Nessus Plugin ID 77008

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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-2014-1004 advisory.

 [1:0.9-6]
 - updatesd: prevent installing unsigned packages.
 - Resolves: rhbz#1125185

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 yum-updatesd package.

See Also

https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2014-1004.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 77008

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2014-1004.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 8/6/2014

Updated: 10/22/2024

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2014-0022

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

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

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: 8/5/2014

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/26/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-0022

BID: 65119

RHSA: 2014:1004