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Oracle Linux 7 : ipa (ELSA-2017-0001)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 96279

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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-2017-0001 advisory.

 - Resolves: #1370493 CVE-2016-7030 ipa: DoS attack against kerberized services by abusing password policy
 - ipa-kdb: search for password policies globally
 - Resolves: #1370493 CVE-2016-7030 ipa: DoS attack against kerberized services by abusing password policy
 - password policy: Add explicit default password policy for hosts and services

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-2017-0001.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 96279

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2017-0001.nasl

Version: 3.8

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/4/2017

Updated: 10/23/2024

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: 6.5

Temporal Score: 4.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2016-9575

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.3

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:python2-ipalib, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:ipa-server-trust-ad, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:ipa-python-compat, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:ipa-server-dns, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:python2-ipaserver, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:ipa-common, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:7, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:ipa-server-common, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:ipa-client, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:ipa-server, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:ipa-client-common, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:ipa-admintools, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:python2-ipaclient

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: 1/3/2017

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/28/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-7030, CVE-2016-9575

RHSA: 2017:0001