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Oracle Linux 6 : kernel (ELSA-2017-1723)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 101383

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Synopsis

The remote Oracle Linux host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 6 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ELSA-2017-1723 advisory.

 - [mm] enlarge stack guard gap (Larry Woodman) [1452729 1452730] {CVE-2017-1000364 CVE-2017-1000366}
 - [fs] nfsd: stricter decoding of write-like NFSv2/v3 ops (J. Bruce Fields) [1449274 1446755] {CVE-2017-7895}
 - [fs] nfsd4: minor NFSv2/v3 write decoding cleanup (J. Bruce Fields) [1449274 1446755] {CVE-2017-7895}

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Oracle Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue 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-2017-1723.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 101383

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2017-1723.nasl

Version: 3.15

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/12/2017

Updated: 10/22/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

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-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:perf, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-firmware, 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, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:6

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: 7/11/2017

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/28/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-7895

RHSA: 2017:1723