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Oracle Linux 5 / 6 : Unbreakable Enterprise kernel (ELSA-2018-4088)

high Nessus Plugin ID 109524

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Synopsis

The remote Oracle Linux host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 5 / 6 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ELSA-2018-4088 advisory.

 - perf/hwbp: Simplify the perf-hwbp code, fix documentation (Linus Torvalds) [Orabug: 27947612] {CVE-2018-100199}
 - ALSA: usb-audio: Kill stray URB at exiting (Takashi Iwai) [Orabug: 27148283] {CVE-2017-16527}
 - uwb: properly check kthread_run return value (Andrey Konovalov) [Orabug: 27206900] {CVE-2017-16526}
 - HID: usbhid: fix out-of-bounds bug (Jaejoong Kim) [Orabug: 27207935] {CVE-2017-16533}
 - cx231xx-cards: fix NULL-deref on missing association descriptor (Johan Hovold) [Orabug: 27208080] {CVE-2017-16536}
 - net: cdc_ether: fix divide by 0 on bad descriptors (Bjorn Mork) [Orabug: 27215206] {CVE-2017-16649}
 - Bluetooth: bnep: bnep_add_connection() should verify that its dealing with l2cap socket (Al Viro) [Orabug: 27344787] {CVE-2017-15868}
 - Bluetooth: hidp: verify l2cap sockets (David Herrmann) [Orabug: 27344787] {CVE-2017-15868}
 - ALSA: pcm: prevent UAF in snd_pcm_info (Robb Glasser) [Orabug: 27344840] {CVE-2017-0861} {CVE-2017-0861}
 - x86/cpufeature: Add X86_FEATURE_IA32_ARCH_CAPS and X86_FEATURE_IBRS_ATT (David Woodhouse) [Orabug:
 27649498] {CVE-2017-5715}
 - x86/cpufeatures: Clean up Spectre v2 related CPUID flags (David Woodhouse) [Orabug: 27649510] {CVE-2017-5715}
 - x86/spectre: Now that we expose 'stbibp' make sure it is correct. (Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk) [Orabug:
 27649631] {CVE-2017-5715}
 - x86/speculation: Add basic IBPB (Indirect Branch Prediction Barrier) support (KarimAllah Ahmed) [Orabug: 27649640] {CVE-2017-5715}
 - x86: Add STIBP feature enumeration (David Woodhouse) [Orabug: 27649693] {CVE-2017-5715}
 - x86/cpu/AMD: Add speculative control support for AMD (Tom Lendacky) [Orabug: 27649706] {CVE-2017-5715}
 - x86/spectre_v2: Dont spam the console with these: (Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk) [Orabug: 27649723] {CVE-2017-5715}
 - x86/cpufeature: Blacklist SPEC_CTRL/PRED_CMD on early Spectre v2 microcodes (David Woodhouse) [Orabug:
 27516441] {CVE-2017-5715}

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-2018-4088.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 109524

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2018-4088.nasl

Version: 1.16

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 5/2/2018

Updated: 11/1/2024

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.6

Temporal Score: 3.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-100199

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/1/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/1/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-100199

IAVA: 2018-A-0020