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Oracle Linux 6 : kernel (ELSA-2017-2863)

high Nessus Plugin ID 103729

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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-2017-2863 advisory.

 - [net] l2cap: prevent stack overflow on incoming bluetooth packet (Neil Horman) [1490060 1490062] {CVE-2017-1000251}
 - [fs] binfmt_elf.c:load_elf_binary(): return -EINVAL on zero-length mappings (Petr Matousek) [1492959 1492961] {CVE-2017-1000253}
 - [fs] binfmt_elf.c: fix bug in loading of PIE binaries (Petr Matousek) [1492959 1492961] {CVE-2017-1000253}
 - [netdv] brcmfmac: fix possible buffer overflow in brcmf_cfg80211_mgmt_tx() (Stanislaw Gruszka) [1474783 1474782] {CVE-2017-7541}

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-2017-2863.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 103729

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2017-2863.nasl

Version: 3.11

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/9/2017

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: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-7541

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.8

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: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: 10/6/2017

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/24/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-7541

RHSA: 2017:2863