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Oracle Linux 7 : netcf (ELSA-2015-2248)

high Nessus Plugin ID 87033

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Synopsis

The remote Oracle Linux host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ELSA-2015-2248 advisory.

 [0.2.8-1]
 - Rebase to netcf-0.2.8
 - resolve rhbz#1165965 - CVE-2014-8119
 - resolve rhbz#1159000
 - support multiple IPv4 addresses in interface config (redhat driver)
 - resolve rhbz#1113983
 - allow static IPv4 config simultaneous with DHCPv4 (redhat driver)
 - resolve rhbz#1170941
 - remove extra quotes from IPV6ADDR_SECONDARIES (redhat+suse drivers)
 - resolve rhbz#1090011
 - limit names of new interfaces to IFNAMSIZ characters
 - resolve rhbz#761246
 - properly parse ifcfg files with comments past column 1

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 netcf, netcf-devel and / or netcf-libs packages.

See Also

https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2015-2248.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 87033

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2015-2248.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: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2014-8119

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:netcf-devel, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:7, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:netcf-libs, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:netcf

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: 12/29/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-8119

RHSA: 2015:2248