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Oracle Linux 6 / 7 : Unbreakable Enterprise kernel (ELSA-2017-3605)

high Nessus Plugin ID 102572

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Synopsis

The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 6 / 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2017-3605 advisory.

 - dentry name snapshots (Al Viro) [Orabug: 26630936] {CVE-2017-7533}
 - KEYS: Disallow keyrings beginning with '.' to be joined as session keyrings (David Howells) [Orabug:
 26621179] {CVE-2016-9604} {CVE-2016-9604}
 - l2tp: fix racy SOCK_ZAPPED flag check in l2tp_ip{,6}_bind() (Guillaume Nault) [Orabug: 26621176] {CVE-2016-10200}
 - mnt: Add a per mount namespace limit on the number of mounts (Eric W. Biederman) [Orabug: 26621171] {CVE-2016-6213} {CVE-2016-6213}

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-2017-3605.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 102572

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2017-3605.nasl

Version: 3.14

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 8/18/2017

Updated: 10/22/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.9

Temporal Score: 5.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-7533

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7

Temporal Score: 6.3

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:dtrace-modules-4.1.12-94.5.9.el6uek, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:dtrace-modules-4.1.12-94.5.9.el7uek, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek-debug-devel, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:7, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek-debug, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek-doc, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek-firmware, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:6

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/17/2017

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/13/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-10200, CVE-2016-6213, CVE-2016-9604, CVE-2017-7533, CVE-2017-9242