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Oracle Linux 6 / 7 : Unbreakable Enterprise kernel (ELSA-2018-4108)

high Nessus Plugin ID 109828

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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-2018-4108 advisory.

 - netfilter: nfnetlink_cthelper: Add missing permission checks (Kevin Cernekee) [Orabug: 27260771] {CVE-2017-17448}
 - netlink: Add netns check on taps (Kevin Cernekee) [Orabug: 27260799] {CVE-2017-17449}
 - KVM: Fix stack-out-of-bounds read in write_mmio (Wanpeng Li) [Orabug: 27290606] {CVE-2017-17741} {CVE-2017-17741}
 - mm/pagewalk.c: report holes in hugetlb ranges (Jann Horn) [Orabug: 27913118] {CVE-2017-16994}
 - KEYS: dont let add_key() update an uninstantiated key (David Howells) [Orabug: 27913330] {CVE-2017-15299}
 - drm/vmwgfx: NULL pointer dereference in vmw_surface_define_ioctl() (Murray McAllister) [Orabug:
 27913367] {CVE-2017-7294}
 - crypto: rng - Remove old low-level rng interface (Herbert Xu) [Orabug: 27926676] {CVE-2017-15116}
 - crypto: drbg - Convert to new rng interface (Herbert Xu) [Orabug: 27926676] {CVE-2017-15116}
 - crypto: ansi_cprng - Convert to new rng interface (Herbert Xu) [Orabug: 27926676] {CVE-2017-15116}
 - crypto: krng - Convert to new rng interface (Herbert Xu) [Orabug: 27926676] {CVE-2017-15116}
 - RDS: Heap OOB write in rds_message_alloc_sgs() (Mohamed Ghannam) [Orabug: 27934066] {CVE-2018-5332}

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-2018-4108.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 109828

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2018-4108.nasl

Version: 1.10

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 5/16/2018

Updated: 10/23/2024

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: 5.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-5332

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 7

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:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: 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, 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

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: 5/15/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/28/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-15116, CVE-2017-15129, CVE-2017-15299, CVE-2017-16994, CVE-2017-17448, CVE-2017-17449, CVE-2017-17741, CVE-2017-7294, CVE-2018-5332