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Oracle Linux 7 : chrony (ELSA-2015-2241)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 87032

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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-2015-2241 advisory.

 - update to 2.1 (#1117882 #1169353 #1206504 #1209568 CVE-2015-1821 CVE-2015-1822 CVE-2015-1853)

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 chrony package.

See Also

https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2015-2241.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 87032

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2015-2241.nasl

Version: 1.11

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/24/2015

Updated: 10/22/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 4.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2015-1822

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/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-2015-1853

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:chrony, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:7

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: 11/23/2015

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/16/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-1821, CVE-2015-1822, CVE-2015-1853

RHSA: 2015:2241