Oracle Linux 6 / 7 : rpcbind (ELSA-2016-0005)

high Nessus Plugin ID 87792

Synopsis

The remote Oracle Linux host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 6 / 7 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ELSA-2016-0005 advisory.

[0.2.0-11.el6_7]
- Fix memory corruption in PMAP_CALLIT code (bz 1283638)

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 rpcbind package.

See Also

https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2016-0005.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 87792

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2016-0005.nasl

Version: 2.10

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/8/2016

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-2015-7236

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: cpe:/o:oracle:linux:7, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:6, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:rpcbind

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: 1/7/2016

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/1/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-7236

RHSA: 2016:0005