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Oracle Linux 7 : glibc (ELSA-2015-2199)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 87092

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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 packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2015-2199 advisory.

 - Backport fixes for various security flaws (#1209107):
 - Prevent heap buffer overflow in swscanf (CVE-2015-1472, CVE-2015-1473,
 - Prevent integer overflow in _IO_wstr_overflow (#1195762).
 - Prevent potential denial of service in internal_fnmatch (#1197730).
 - Prevent buffer overflow in gethostbyname_r and related functions with misaligned buffer (CVE-2015-1781, #1199525).
 - Fix invalid file descriptor reuse when sending DNS query (CVE-2013-7423, #1194143).

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 packages.

See Also

https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2015-2199.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 87092

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2015-2199.nasl

Version: 2.15

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/30/2015

Updated: 11/1/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2015-1472

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.8

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

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2015-1781

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:glibc-headers, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:nscd, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:7, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:glibc, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:glibc-utils, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:glibc-static, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:glibc-common, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:glibc-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: 11/25/2015

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/24/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2013-7423, CVE-2015-1472, CVE-2015-1473, CVE-2015-1781

RHSA: 2015:2199