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Oracle Linux 6 / 7 : Unbreakable Enterprise kernel (ELSA-2019-4600)

high Nessus Plugin ID 123961

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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-2019-4600 advisory.

 - can: gw: ensure DLC boundaries after CAN frame modification (Oliver Hartkopp) [Orabug: 29215300] {CVE-2019-3701} {CVE-2019-3701}
 - ext4: verify the depth of extent tree in ext4_find_extent() (Theodore Ts'o) [Orabug: 29396713] {CVE-2018-10877} {CVE-2018-10877}
 - ext4: always verify the magic number in xattr blocks (Theodore Ts'o) [Orabug: 29437128] {CVE-2018-10879} {CVE-2018-10879}
 - ext4: add corruption check in ext4_xattr_set_entry() (Theodore Ts'o) [Orabug: 29437128] {CVE-2018-10879} {CVE-2018-10879}
 - ext4: clear i_data in ext4_inode_info when removing inline data (Theodore Ts'o) [Orabug: 29540710] {CVE-2018-10881} {CVE-2018-10881}

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-2019-4600.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 123961

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2019-4600.nasl

Version: 1.10

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 4/10/2019

Updated: 10/23/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-10877

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-10879

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:dtrace-modules-3.8.13-118.32.1.el7uek, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:dtrace-modules-3.8.13-118.32.1.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:kernel-uek, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:6

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: 4/8/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/16/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-10877, CVE-2018-10879, CVE-2018-10881, CVE-2018-10882, CVE-2019-3701