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Oracle Linux 7 : hivex (ELSA-2015-0301)

high Nessus Plugin ID 81721

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Synopsis

The remote Oracle Linux host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ELSA-2015-0301 advisory.

 [1.3.10-5.7]
 - Fix: 'Argument list too long' when using virt-v2v on Windows guest with French copy of Citrix installed related: rhbz#1145056

 [1.3.10-5.6]
 - Fix: typo in man page resolves: rhbz#1099286

 [1.3.10-5.4]
 - Fix: hivex missing checks for small/truncated files resolves: rhbz#1158992

 [1.3.10-5.3]
 - Fix: hivexml generates 'Argument list too long' error.
 resolves: rhbz#1145056

 [1.3.10-5.2]
 - Resolves: rhbz#1125544

 [1.3.10-5.1]
 - Rebase to hivex 1.3.10.
 resolves: rhbz#1023978

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-2015-0301.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 81721

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2015-0301.nasl

Version: 1.11

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 3/10/2015

Updated: 11/1/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.6

Temporal Score: 3.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2014-9273

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:hivex-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:ocaml-hivex-devel, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:7, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:perl-hivex, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:ocaml-hivex, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:hivex, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:ruby-hivex, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:python-hivex

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/9/2015

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/8/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-9273

BID: 71279

RHSA: 2015:0301