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Oracle Linux 6 / 7 : pam (ELSA-2015-1640)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 85526

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Synopsis

The remote Oracle Linux host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 6 / 7 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ELSA-2015-1640 advisory.

 [1.1.1-20.1]
 - fix CVE-2015-3238 - DoS due to blocking pipe with very long password

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 pam and / or pam-devel packages.

See Also

https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2015-1640.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 85526

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2015-1640.nasl

Version: 2.13

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 8/19/2015

Updated: 10/22/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.3

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.8

Temporal Score: 4.5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2015-3238

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.9

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:pam, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:7, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:6, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:pam-devel

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: 8/18/2015

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/24/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-3238

RHSA: 2015:1640