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Oracle Linux 6 : kernel (ELSA-2019-0717)

high Nessus Plugin ID 124014

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Synopsis

The remote Oracle Linux host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 6 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ELSA-2019-0717 advisory.

 - [fs] Fix up non-directory creation in SGID directories (Miklos Szeredi) [1600951] {CVE-2018-13405}
 - [fs] hugetlbfs: switch to inode_init_owner() (Miklos Szeredi) [1600951] {CVE-2018-13405}
 - [fs] udf: replace inode uid, gid, mode init with helper (Miklos Szeredi) [1600951] {CVE-2018-13405}
 - [fs] ubifs: replace inode uid, gid, mode initialization with helper function (Miklos Szeredi) [1600951] {CVE-2018-13405}
 - [fs] ramfs: replace inode uid, gid, mode initialization with helper function (Miklos Szeredi) [1600951] {CVE-2018-13405}
 - [fs] ext4: replace inode uid, gid, mode init with helper (Miklos Szeredi) [1600951] {CVE-2018-13405}
 - [fs] ext3: replace inode uid, gid, mode init with helper (Miklos Szeredi) [1600951] {CVE-2018-13405}
 - [fs] ext2: replace inode uid, gid, mode init with helper (Miklos Szeredi) [1600951] {CVE-2018-13405}
 - [fs] btrfs: replace inode uid, gid, mode initialization with helper function (Miklos Szeredi) [1600951] {CVE-2018-13405}
 - [fs] vfs: Add inode uid,gid,mode init helper (Miklos Szeredi) [1600951] {CVE-2018-13405}

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-2019-0717.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 124014

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2019-0717.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 4/12/2019

Updated: 10/22/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.6

Temporal Score: 3.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-13405

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-abi-whitelists, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:perf, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-firmware, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:python-perf, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-debug-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-debug, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-headers, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel, 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: 4/11/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/6/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-13405

RHSA: 2019:0717