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Oracle Linux 6 / 7 : Unbreakable Enterprise kernel (ELSA-2019-4642)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 125235

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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-2019-4642 advisory.

 - X.509: Handle midnight alternative notation in GeneralizedTime (David Howells) [Orabug: 29460344] {CVE-2015-5327}
 - X.509: Support leap seconds (David Howells) [Orabug: 29460344] {CVE-2015-5327}
 - X.509: Fix the time validation [ver #2] (David Howells) [Orabug: 29460344] {CVE-2015-5327} {CVE-2015-5327}
 - USB: serial: io_ti: fix div-by-zero in set_termios (Johan Hovold) [Orabug: 29487834] {CVE-2017-18360}
 - USB: hso: Fix OOB memory access in hso_probe/hso_get_config_data (Hui Peng) [Orabug: 29605982] {CVE-2018-19985} {CVE-2018-19985}
 - binfmt_elf: switch to new creds when switching to new mm (Linus Torvalds) [Orabug: 29677233] {CVE-2019-11190}

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-2019-4642.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 125235

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2019-4642.nasl

Version: 1.10

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 5/17/2019

Updated: 10/23/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.7

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-11190

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.9

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2015-5327

Vulnerability Information

CPE: 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, 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

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: 5/15/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/9/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-5327, CVE-2017-18360, CVE-2018-19985, CVE-2019-11190