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Oracle Linux 6 / 7 : Unbreakable Enterprise kernel (ELSA-2019-4316)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 120977

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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-2019-4316 advisory.

 - Copy secure_boot flag in boot params across kexec reboot (Dave Young) [Orabug: 22066352] {CVE-2015-7837}
 - ipv6: tcp: add rcu locking in tcp_v6_send_synack() (Eric Dumazet) [Orabug: 25059183] {CVE-2016-3841}
 - ipv6: add complete rcu protection around np->opt (Eric Dumazet) [Orabug: 25059183] {CVE-2016-3841}
 - scsi: qla2xxx: Fix an integer overflow in sysfs code (Dan Carpenter) [Orabug: 28220420] {CVE-2017-14051}
 - ext4: fail ext4_iget for root directory if unallocated (Theodore Ts'o) [Orabug: 28220433] {CVE-2018-1092} {CVE-2018-1092}
 - ALSA: seq: Fix regression by incorrect ioctl_mutex usages (Takashi Iwai) [Orabug: 29005190] {CVE-2018-1000004}
 - netfilter: xt_osf: Add missing permission checks (Kevin Cernekee) [Orabug: 29037832] {CVE-2017-17450}
 - wil6210: missing length check in wmi_set_ie (Lior David) [Orabug: 29060697] {CVE-2018-5848}
 - HID: debug: check length before copy_to_user() (Daniel Rosenberg) [Orabug: 29128167] {CVE-2018-9516}
 - x86/MCE: Serialize sysfs changes (Seunghun Han) [Orabug: 29152249] {CVE-2018-7995}

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-2019-4316.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 120977

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2019-4316.nasl

Version: 1.11

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/7/2019

Updated: 10/23/2024

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-18017

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/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:dtrace-modules-3.8.13-118.29.1.el6uek, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek-debug-devel, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:7, 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:dtrace-modules-3.8.13-118.29.1.el7uek, 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: 1/4/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/2/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-9728, CVE-2015-7837, CVE-2016-3713, CVE-2016-3841, CVE-2017-13168, CVE-2017-14051, CVE-2017-17450, CVE-2017-17805, CVE-2017-17806, CVE-2017-18017, CVE-2017-18079, CVE-2018-1000004, CVE-2018-1000204, CVE-2018-10021, CVE-2018-10902, CVE-2018-1092, CVE-2018-18710, CVE-2018-5848, CVE-2018-7755, CVE-2018-7757, CVE-2018-7995, CVE-2018-9516