Oracle Linux 7 : wpa_supplicant (ELSA-2015-1090)

high Nessus Plugin ID 84138

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

https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2015-1090.html

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: 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/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/OracleLinux

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

BID: 70396, 74296, 74549

RHSA: 2015:1090