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Oracle Linux 7 : kernel (ELSA-2017-1615)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 101139

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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-2017-1615 advisory.

 - [mm] enlarge stack guard gap (Larry Woodman) [1452732 1452733] {CVE-2017-1000364}
 - [fs] nfsd: stricter decoding of write-like NFSv2/v3 ops ('J. Bruce Fields') [1449282 1443204] {CVE-2017-7895}
 - [fs] nfsd4: minor NFSv2/v3 write decoding cleanup ('J. Bruce Fields') [1449282 1443204] {CVE-2017-7895}
 - [fs] nfsd: check for oversized NFSv2/v3 arguments ('J. Bruce Fields') [1447642 1442407] {CVE-2017-7645}
 - [net] macsec: dynamically allocate space for sglist (Sabrina Dubroca) [1445546 1445545] {CVE-2017-7477}
 - [net] macsec: avoid heap overflow in skb_to_sgvec (Sabrina Dubroca) [1445546 1445545] {CVE-2017-7477}
 - [net] tcp: avoid infinite loop in tcp_splice_read() (Davide Caratti) [1430579 1430580] {CVE-2017-6214}
 - [x86] kvm: x86: fix emulation of 'MOV SS, null selector' (Radim Krcmar) [1414742 1414743] {CVE-2017-2583}

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-2017-1615.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 101139

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2017-1615.nasl

Version: 3.14

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/30/2017

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: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-7895

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/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: 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 Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/28/2017

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/19/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-2583, CVE-2017-6214, CVE-2017-7477, CVE-2017-7645, CVE-2017-7895

RHSA: 2017:1615