Oracle Linux 6 : wpa_supplicant (ELSA-2015-1439)

high Nessus Plugin ID 85107

Synopsis

The remote Oracle Linux host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 6 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ELSA-2015-1439 advisory.

[1:0.7.3-6]
- AP WMM: Fix integer underflow in WMM Action frame parser (rh #1221178) (rh #1226396)

[1:0.7.3-5]
- Add domain_match config option from upstream (rh #1186806) (rh #1178263)
- Include peer certificate in EAP events for use by clients
- Add dbus signal for information about server certification
- eapol_test: Add option for writing server certificate chain to a file

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 wpa_supplicant package.

See Also

https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2015-1439.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 85107

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2015-1439.nasl

Version: 2.8

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/30/2015

Updated: 10/22/2024

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.2

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2015-4142

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:wpa_supplicant, 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: 7/29/2015

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/15/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-4142

BID: 74549

RHSA: 2015:1439