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Oracle Linux 7 : bash (ELSA-2014-3092)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 79374

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2014-3092 advisory.

 [4.2.45-5.4.0.1]
 - Fix segfaults from CVE-2014-6277 and CVE-2014-6278 completely. [orabug 19905256]

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 bash and / or bash-doc packages.

See Also

https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2014-3092.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 79374

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2014-3092.nasl

Version: 1.19

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/21/2014

Updated: 10/22/2024

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 8.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2014-6278

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 9.1

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:F/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:bash-doc, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:bash, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:7

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: 11/20/2014

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/27/2014

Exploitable With

Core Impact

Metasploit (CUPS Filter Bash Environment Variable Code Injection (Shellshock))

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-6277, CVE-2014-6278

BID: 70165, 70166

IAVA: 2014-A-0142