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Oracle Linux 5 / 6 / 7 : bind (ELSA-2014-1984)

high Nessus Plugin ID 80002

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Synopsis

The remote Oracle Linux host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 5 / 6 / 7 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ELSA-2014-1984 advisory.

 [32:9.9.4-14.0.1.el7_0.1]
 - Rebuild to fix libmysqlclient dependency

 [32:9.9.4-14.1]
 - Fix CVE-2014-8500 (#1171975)

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 packages.

See Also

https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2014-1984.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 80002

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2014-1984.nasl

Version: 1.14

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 12/15/2014

Updated: 11/1/2024

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 5.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2014-8500

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:N/A:H

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:bind-libs-lite, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:bind-sdb-chroot, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:bind-utils, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:5, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:bind-libs, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:bind, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:bind-libbind-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:bind-license, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:7, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:bind-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:bind-lite-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:caching-nameserver, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:bind-sdb, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:bind-chroot, 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: 12/12/2014

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/10/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-8500

BID: 51898, 53772, 54658, 55522, 55852

RHSA: 2014:1984