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Oracle Linux 5 / 6 : httpd (ELSA-2016-1421)

high Nessus Plugin ID 92396

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Synopsis

The remote Oracle Linux host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 5 / 6 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ELSA-2016-1421 advisory.

 [2.2.3-92.0.1]
 - Add the ability to read DH parameters from the (first) SSLCertificateFile (John Haxby) [orabug 21671194]
 - fix mod_ssl always performing full renegotiation (Joe Jin) [orabug 12423387]
 - replace index.html with Oracle's index page oracle_index.html
 - update vstring and distro in specfile

 [2.2.3-92]
 - add security fix for CVE-2016-5387

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 packages.

See Also

https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2016-1421.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 92396

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2016-1421.nasl

Version: 2.12

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/19/2016

Updated: 10/22/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2016-5387

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.1

Temporal Score: 7.1

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:oracle:linux:5, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:httpd-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:httpd-manual, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:mod_ssl, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:httpd, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:httpd-tools, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:6

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: 7/18/2016

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/19/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-5387

RHSA: 2016:1421