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Oracle Linux 5 / 6 : Unbreakable Enterprise kernel (ELSA-2018-4172)

high Nessus Plugin ID 111144

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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-2018-4172 advisory.

 - KVM: Fix stack-out-of-bounds read in write_mmio (Wanpeng Li) [Orabug: 27951293] {CVE-2017-17741} {CVE-2017-17741}
 - kernel/exit.c: avoid undefined behaviour when calling wait4() wait4(-2147483648, 0x20, 0, 0xdd0000) triggers: UBSAN: Undefined behaviour in kernel/exit.c:1651:9 (mridula shastry) [Orabug: 28049790] {CVE-2018-10087}
 - kernel/signal.c: avoid undefined behaviour in kill_something_info When running kill(72057458746458112, 0) in userspace I hit the following issue. (mridula shastry) [Orabug: 28082989] {CVE-2018-10124}
 - bluetooth: Validate socket address length in sco_sock_bind(). (mlevatic) [Orabug: 28130291] {CVE-2015-8575}
 - dccp: check sk for closed state in dccp_sendmsg() (Alexey Kodanev) [Orabug: 28220512] {CVE-2017-8824} {CVE-2018-1130}
 - mm/mempolicy.c: fix error handling in set_mempolicy and mbind. (Chris Salls) [Orabug: 28242479] {CVE-2017-7616}

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-2018-4172.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 111144

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2018-4172.nasl

Version: 1.12

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/18/2018

Updated: 11/1/2024

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.9

Temporal Score: 5.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-11600

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7

Temporal Score: 6.3

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:P/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 Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/17/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/16/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-8575, CVE-2017-11600, CVE-2017-17741, CVE-2017-7616, CVE-2018-10087, CVE-2018-10124, CVE-2018-1130