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Oracle Linux 7 : wpa_supplicant (ELSA-2015-1090)
high Nessus Plugin ID 84138
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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 a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2015-1090 advisory.- P2P: Validate SSID element length before copying it (CVE-2015-1863)
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 wpa_supplicant package.See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 84138
File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2015-1090.nasl
Version: 2.9
Type: local
Agent: unix
Published: 6/12/2015
Updated: 10/22/2024
Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 5.2
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 5.8
Temporal Score: 4.3
Vector: CVSS2#AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2015-1863
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
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2015-4142
Vulnerability Information
CPE: cpe:/o:oracle:linux:7, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:wpa_supplicant
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/OracleLinux, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 6/11/2015
Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/28/2015
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2015-1863, CVE-2015-4142
RHSA: 2015:1090