USN-8493-2: Linux kernel (Oracle) vulnerabilities

Several security issues were discovered in the Linux kernel. An attacker could possibly use these to compromise the system. This update corrects flaws in the following subsystems: - RISC-V architecture; - Cryptographic API; - InfiniBand drivers; - IOMMU subsystem; - Network drivers; -...

Oracle Linux 9 : giflib (ELSA-2026-33501)

The remote Oracle Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ELSA-2026-33501 advisory. 5.2.1-10.2 - fix CVE-2026-26740: buffer overflow in EGifGCBToExtension RHEL-157133 Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Orac...

Oracle Linux 9 : ruby:4.0 (ELSA-2026-20596)

The remote Oracle Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2026-20596 advisory. - Fix ERB: Arbitrary code execution via deserialization bypass CVE-2026-41316 Resolves: RHEL-171258 - Fix JSON: Denial of Service or Information...

Oracle Linux 8 : giflib (ELSA-2026-33503)

The remote Oracle Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ELSA-2026-33503 advisory. 5.1.4-5 - fix CVE-2026-26740: buffer overflow in EGifGCBToExtension RHEL-157097 Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Oracle...

Oracle Linux 7 : freerdp (ELSA-2026-20546)

The remote Oracle Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2026-20546 advisory. - Fixed CVE-2026-25952 CVE-2026-26986 CVE-2026-27951 CVE-2026-29775 CVE-2026-31883 CVE-2026-31884 CVE-2026-31885 CVE-2026-33985 Orabug: 39440279 - Fix...

Oracle Linux 8 : thunderbird (ELSA-2026-33445)

The remote Oracle Linux 8 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2026-33445 advisory. 140.12.0-1.0.1 - Fix prefs for new nss Orabug: 37079820 - Add Oracle prefs file 140.12.0 - Add OpenELA debranding 140.12.0-1 - Update to 140.12.0 ESR...

Oracle Linux 7 : glib2 (ELSA-2026-19566)

The remote Oracle Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ELSA-2026-19566 advisory. - Fixes CVE-2025-14078 gvariant parser buffer underflow Orabug: 39418716 - Fixes CVE-2025-13601 gescapeuristring overflow Orabug: 38909821 Tenable has extracte...

Oracle Linux 9 : libreoffice (ELSA-2026-28290)

The remote Oracle Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ELSA-2026-28290 advisory. - Fix CVE-2026-4430 Conform AlignEngine parsing to what section 2.3.4.10 of the spec has Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from th...

Oracle Linux 7 : firefox (ELSA-2026-26551)

The remote Oracle Linux 7 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2026-26551 advisory. - Update to 140.10.2 ESR Orabug: 39534787CVE-2026-8090CVE-2026-8092 CVE-2026-8094 - Update to 140.10.1 ESR Orabug: 39481850CVE-2026-7320CVE-2026-7321...

Oracle Linux 9 : nginx (ELSA-2026-28973)

The remote Oracle Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ELSA-2026-28973 advisory. - Resolves: RHEL-178684 - nginx: code execution and denial of service CVE-2026-9256 - Resolves: RHEL-176232 - nginx: NGINX: Arbitrary Code Execution...

Oracle Linux 7 : firefox (ELSA-2026-24983)

The remote Oracle Linux 7 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2026-24983 advisory. - Update to 140.10.2 ESR Orabug: 39534787CVE-2026-8090CVE-2026-8092 CVE-2026-8094 - Update to 140.10.1 ESR Orabug: 39481850CVE-2026-7320CVE-2026-7321...

Oracle Linux 9 : kernel (ELSA-2026-21556)

The remote Oracle Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2026-21556 advisory. - net/sched: fix pedit partial COW leading to page cache corruption Ivan Vecera RHEL-177392 CVE-2026-46331 - scsi: qla2xxx: Completely fix fcport doub...

Oracle Linux 8 : python3.12-urllib3 (ELSA-2026-32992)

The remote Oracle Linux 8 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2026-32992 advisory. 1.26.19-3 - Security fixes for CVE-2026-44431 and CVE-2026-44432 Resolves: RHEL-185125, RHEL-184900 Tenable has extracted the preceding description...

Oracle Linux 9 : perl-Archive-Tar (ELSA-2026-30856)

The remote Oracle Linux 9 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ELSA-2026-30856 advisory. - Fix CVE-2026-42496: validate symlink and hardlink targets in secure extract mode Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Orac...

Oracle Linux 9 : firefox (ELSA-2026-20574)

The remote Oracle Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2026-20574 advisory. 140.12.0-1.0.1 - Fix firefox-oracle-default-prefs.js for new nss Orabug: 37079773 - Add firefox-oracle-default-prefs.js and remove the corresponding R...

Oracle Linux 9 : rsync (ELSA-2026-19368)

The remote Oracle Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2026-19368 advisory. - Fix integer overflow in compressed-token decoding CVE-2026-43618 - Resolves: RHEL-174932 - Fix TOCTOU symlink race in daemon no-chroot mode...

Oracle Linux 8 : perl-Archive-Tar (ELSA-2026-30852)

The remote Oracle Linux 8 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ELSA-2026-30852 advisory. - Fix CVE-2026-42496: validate symlink and hardlink targets in secure extract mode - Fixes CVE-2018-12015 directory traversal bug 1588761 Tenable has extracted...

Oracle Linux 7 / 8 : Unbreakable Enterprise kernel (ELSA-2026-50353)

The remote Oracle Linux 7 / 8 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ELSA-2026-50353 advisory. 5.4.17-2136.356.4.3 - net: skbuff: fix missing zerocopy reference in pskbcarve helpers Minh Nguyen Orabug: 39639989 CVE-2026-52943 Credit Statement: The...

Oracle Linux 8 : perl-IO-Compress (ELSA-2026-30858)

The remote Oracle Linux 8 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ELSA-2026-30858 advisory. 2.081-2 - Remove use of eval in File::GlobMapper for safer string interpolation - Resolves: RHEL-180411 Tenable has extracted the preceding description block...

Oracle Linux 9 : nginx:1.24 (ELSA-2026-28212)

The remote Oracle Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ELSA-2026-28212 advisory. - Resolves: RHEL-178681 - nginx:1.24/nginx: code execution and denial of service CVE-2026-9256 - Resolves: RHEL-176234 - nginx:1.24/nginx: NGINX: Arbitrary Cod...