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Oracle Linux 6 / 7 : Unbreakable Enterprise kernel (ELSA-2018-4084)

high Nessus Plugin ID 109386

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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-2018-4084 advisory.

 - ext4: add validity checks for bitmap block numbers (Theodore Ts'o) [Orabug: 27854373] {CVE-2018-1093} {CVE-2018-1093}
 - Input: gtco - fix potential out-of-bound access (Dmitry Torokhov) [Orabug: 27869844] {CVE-2017-16643}
 - Input: ims-psu - check if CDC union descriptor is sane (Dmitry Torokhov) [Orabug: 27870333] {CVE-2017-16645}
 - driver core: platform: fix race condition with driver_override (Adrian Salido) [Orabug: 27897874] {CVE-2017-12146}

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-2018-4084.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 109386

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2018-4084.nasl

Version: 1.10

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 4/27/2018

Updated: 10/22/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

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-2017-16645

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7

Temporal Score: 6.1

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:U/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-12146

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/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/OracleLinux

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/26/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/25/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-12146, CVE-2017-16643, CVE-2017-16645, CVE-2018-1093