Oracle Linux 6 : trousers (ELSA-2014-1507)

high Nessus Plugin ID 78525

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-2014-1507 advisory.

[0.3.13-2]
- Fix strict alias warning

[0.3.13-1]
- New upstream bug fix release resolves: #633584 - Pick up latest TrouSerS package resolves: #1074634 - Buffer overflow detected in TrouSerS daemon

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 trousers, trousers-devel and / or trousers-static packages.

See Also

https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2014-1507.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 78525

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2014-1507.nasl

Version: 1.8

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/17/2014

Updated: 10/22/2024

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2012-0698

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:trousers, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:trousers-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:trousers-static, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:6

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/16/2014

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/26/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-0698

BID: 55459

RHSA: 2014:1507