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Oracle Linux 7 : kernel (ELSA-2017-1308)

high Nessus Plugin ID 100507

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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-2017-1308 advisory.

 - [net] packet: fix overflow in check for tp_reserve (Hangbin Liu) [1441171 1441172] {CVE-2017-7308}
 - [net] packet: fix overflow in check for tp_frame_nr (Hangbin Liu) [1441171 1441172] {CVE-2017-7308}
 - [net] packet: fix overflow in check for priv area size (Hangbin Liu) [1441171 1441172] {CVE-2017-7308}
 - [fs] ext4: fix fencepost in s_first_meta_bg validation (Lukas Czerner) [1430969 1332503] {CVE-2016-10208}
 - [fs] ext4: sanity check the block and cluster size at mount time (Lukas Czerner) [1430969 1332503] {CVE-2016-10208}
 - [fs] ext4: validate s_first_meta_bg at mount time (Lukas Czerner) [1430969 1332503] {CVE-2016-10208}
 - [net] sctp: deny peeloff operation on asocs with threads sleeping on it (Hangbin Liu) [1429496 1429497] {CVE-2017-5986 CVE-2017-6353}
 - [net] sctp: avoid BUG_ON on sctp_wait_for_sndbuf (Hangbin Liu) [1429496 1429497] {CVE-2017-5986 CVE-2017-6353}
 - [block] fix use-after-free in seq file (Denys Vlasenko) [1418550 1418551] {CVE-2016-7910}
 - [crypto] algif_hash - Only export and import on sockets with data (Herbert Xu) [1394101 1387632] {CVE-2016-8646}

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-2017-1308.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 100507

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2017-1308.nasl

Version: 3.13

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 5/30/2017

Updated: 10/22/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Critical

Score: 9.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.3

Temporal Score: 8.1

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2016-7910

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 7.5

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

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-7308

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-abi-whitelists, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-tools-libs-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-tools-libs, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:perf, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:7, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-tools, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:python-perf, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-debug-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-debug, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-headers, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel

Required KB Items: Host/OracleLinux, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/local_checks_enabled

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/26/2017

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/7/2016

Exploitable With

Core Impact

Metasploit (AF_PACKET packet_set_ring Privilege Escalation)

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-10208, CVE-2016-7910, CVE-2016-8646, CVE-2017-5986, CVE-2017-7308

RHSA: 2017:1308