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Oracle Linux 6 : sos (ELSA-2016-0152)

high Nessus Plugin ID 88674

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Synopsis

The remote Oracle Linux host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 6 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ELSA-2016-0152 advisory.

 [3.2-28.0.1.2]
 - Add vendor, vendor URL info for Oracle Linux [orabug 17656507] ([email protected])
 - Direct traceroute to linux.oracle.com (John Haxby) [orabug 11713272] ([email protected])
 - Check oraclelinux-release instead of redhat-release to get OS version (John Haxby) [bug 11681869] ([email protected])
 - Remove RH ftp URL and support email ([email protected])
 - add sos-oracle-enterprise.patch ([email protected])
 - Add smartmon plugin (John Haxby) [orabug 17995005] ([email protected])

 [= 3.2-28.el6_7.2]
 - [sosreport] Report correct final path with --build Related: bz1290953

 [= 3.2-28.el6_7.1]
 - [hpasm] Add timeout.
 Resolves: bz1291828

 [= 3.2-28.el6_7]
 - [sosreport] Prepare report in a private subdirectory Resolves: bz1290953

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 sos package.

See Also

https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2016-0152.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 88674

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2016-0152.nasl

Version: 2.10

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/10/2016

Updated: 11/1/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.6

Temporal Score: 3.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2015-7529

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.8

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:sos, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:6

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/OracleLinux

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/9/2016

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/6/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-7529

RHSA: 2016:0152