Oracle Linux 7 : setroubleshoot / and / setroubleshoot-plugins (ELSA-2016-1293)

high Nessus Plugin ID 91798

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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-2016-1293 advisory.

setroubleshoot [3.2.24-4.0.1]
- Add setroubleshoot-oracle-enterprise.patch to change bug reporting URL to linux.oracle.com

[3.2.24-4]
- Catch all subprocess module exceptions

[3.2.24-3]
- Use subprocess.check_output() with a sequence of program arguments

[3.2.24-2]
- Do not use dangerous shell=True

setroubleshoot-plugins [3.0.59-2.0.1]
- Add setroubleshoot-plugins-oracle-config.patch to use oracle url
- Add setroubleshoot-plugins-oracle-po.patch to use oracle url for po

[3.0.59-2]
- Don't use commands.get*output() Resolves: CVE-2016-4444, CVE-2016-4446

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 setroubleshoot, setroubleshoot-plugins and / or setroubleshoot-server packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 91798

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2016-1293.nasl

Version: 2.9

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Oracle Linux Local Security Checks

Published: 6/24/2016

Updated: 10/22/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.9

Temporal Score: 5.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2016-4989

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7

Temporal Score: 6.3

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:setroubleshoot, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:setroubleshoot-server, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:7, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:setroubleshoot-plugins

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: 6/23/2016

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/11/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-4444, CVE-2016-4446, CVE-2016-4989

RHSA: 2016:1293

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