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Oracle Linux 5 / 6 : Unbreakable Enterprise kernel (ELSA-2017-3637)

high Nessus Plugin ID 104371

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 5 / 6 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2017-3637 advisory.

 - net/packet: fix overflow in check for tp_reserve (Andrey Konovalov) [Orabug: 26143563] {CVE-2017-7308}
 - net/packet: fix overflow in check for tp_frame_nr (Andrey Konovalov) [Orabug: 26143563] {CVE-2017-7308}
 - char: lp: fix possible integer overflow in lp_setup() (Willy Tarreau) [Orabug: 26403941] {CVE-2017-1000363}
 - ALSA: timer: Fix missing queue indices reset at SNDRV_TIMER_IOCTL_SELECT (Takashi Iwai) [Orabug:
 26403958] {CVE-2017-1000380}
 - ALSA: timer: Fix race between read and ioctl (Takashi Iwai) [Orabug: 26403958] {CVE-2017-1000380}
 - ALSA: timer: fix NULL pointer dereference in read()/ioctl() race (Vegard Nossum) [Orabug: 26403958] {CVE-2017-1000380}
 - ALSA: timer: Fix negative queue usage by racy accesses (Takashi Iwai) [Orabug: 26403958] {CVE-2017-1000380}
 - ALSA: timer: Fix race at concurrent reads (Takashi Iwai) [Orabug: 26403958] {CVE-2017-1000380}
 - ALSA: timer: Fix race among timer ioctls (Takashi Iwai) [Orabug: 26403958] {CVE-2017-1000380}
 - ipv6: xfrm: Handle errors reported by xfrm6_find_1stfragopt() (Ben Hutchings) [Orabug: 26403974] {CVE-2017-9074}
 - ipv6: Check ip6_find_1stfragopt() return value properly. (David S. Miller) [Orabug: 26403974] {CVE-2017-9074}
 - ipv6: Prevent overrun when parsing v6 header options (Craig Gallek) [Orabug: 26403974] {CVE-2017-9074}
 - ipv6/dccp: do not inherit ipv6_mc_list from parent (WANG Cong) [Orabug: 26404007] {CVE-2017-9077}
 - aio: mark AIO pseudo-fs noexec (Jann Horn) [Orabug: 26643601] {CVE-2016-10044}
 - vfs: Commit to never having exectuables on proc and sysfs. (Eric W. Biederman) [Orabug: 26643601] {CVE-2016-10044}
 - vfs, writeback: replace FS_CGROUP_WRITEBACK with SB_I_CGROUPWB (Tejun Heo) [Orabug: 26643601] {CVE-2016-10044}
 - x86/acpi: Prevent out of bound access caused by broken ACPI tables (Seunghun Han) [Orabug: 26643652] {CVE-2017-11473}
 - sctp: do not inherit ipv6_{mc|ac|fl}_list from parent (Eric Dumazet) [Orabug: 26650889] {CVE-2017-9075}
 - saa7164: fix double fetch PCIe access condition (Steven Toth) [Orabug: 26675148] {CVE-2017-8831}
 - saa7164: fix sparse warnings (Hans Verkuil) [Orabug: 26675148] {CVE-2017-8831}
 - saa7164: get rid of warning: no previous prototype (Mauro Carvalho Chehab) [Orabug: 26675148] {CVE-2017-8831}
 - timerfd: Protect the might cancel mechanism proper (Thomas Gleixner) [Orabug: 26899791] {CVE-2017-10661}

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-2017-3637.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 104371

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2017-3637.nasl

Version: 3.16

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/3/2017

Updated: 11/1/2024

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: 7.6

Temporal Score: 6.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-10661

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-2017-9077

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:oracle:linux:5, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek-debug-devel, 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/OracleLinux, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/local_checks_enabled

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/2/2017

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/6/2017

Exploitable With

Core Impact

Metasploit (AF_PACKET packet_set_ring Privilege Escalation)

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-10044, CVE-2017-1000363, CVE-2017-1000380, CVE-2017-10661, CVE-2017-11473, CVE-2017-14489, CVE-2017-7308, CVE-2017-8831, CVE-2017-9074, CVE-2017-9075, CVE-2017-9077