Oracle Linux

Trivy supports the following scanners for OS packages.

Scanner	Supported
SBOM	✓
Vulnerability	✓
License	✓

Please see here for supported versions.

The table below outlines the features offered by Trivy.

Feature	Supported
Unfixed vulnerabilities	-
Dependency graph	✓

SBOM

Trivy detects packages that have been installed through package managers such as dnf and yum.

Vulnerability

Oracle Linux offers its own security advisories, and these are utilized when scanning Oracle Linux for vulnerabilities.

Data Source

See here.

Fixed Version

Trivy takes fixed versions from Oracle security advisories.

Severity

Trivy determines vulnerability severity based on the severity metric provided in Oracle security advisories. For example, the security patch for CVE-2023-0464 is provided as ELSA-2023-2645. Its severity is rated as "MODERATE". Thus, even though it's evaluated as "HIGH" in the NVD, Trivy displays it with a severity of "MEDIUM".

The table below is the mapping of Oracle's threat to Trivy's severity levels.

Oracle	Trivy
Low	Low
Moderate	Medium
Important	High
Critical	Critical

Status

Trivy supports the following vulnerability statuses for Oracle Linux.

Status	Supported
Fixed	✓
Affected	✓
Under Investigation
Will Not Fix
Fix Deferred
End of Life

License

Trivy identifies licenses by examining the metadata of RPM packages.