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Oracle Linux 6 / 7 : Unbreakable Enterprise kernel (ELSA-2018-4025)

high Nessus Plugin ID 106670

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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-2018-4025 advisory.

 - dccp: CVE-2017-8824: use-after-free in DCCP code (Mohamed Ghannam) [Orabug: 27290300] {CVE-2017-8824}
 - ALSA: pcm: prevent UAF in snd_pcm_info (Robb Glasser) [Orabug: 27344841] {CVE-2017-0861} {CVE-2017-0861}
 - assoc_array: Fix a buggy node-splitting case (David Howells) [Orabug: 27364592] {CVE-2017-12193} {CVE-2017-12193}
 - Sanitize move_pages() permission checks (Linus Torvalds) [Orabug: 27364690] {CVE-2017-14140}
 - pti: compile fix for when PTI is disabled (Pavel Tatashin) [Orabug: 27383147] {CVE-2017-5754}
 - sctp: do not peel off an assoc from one netns to another one (Xin Long) [Orabug: 27386999] {CVE-2017-15115}
 - net: ipv4: fix for a race condition in raw_sendmsg (Mohamed Ghannam) [Orabug: 27390682] {CVE-2017-17712}

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-2018-4025.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 106670

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2018-4025.nasl

Version: 3.15

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/8/2018

Updated: 10/23/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 8.1

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 6.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-8824

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek-debug-devel, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:7, 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, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek-debug, 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: 2/7/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/5/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-0861, CVE-2017-12193, CVE-2017-14140, CVE-2017-15115, CVE-2017-17712, CVE-2017-5754, CVE-2017-8824

IAVA: 2018-A-0017-S, 2018-A-0019, 2018-A-0022-S