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Oracle Linux 6 / 7 : Unbreakable Enterprise kernel (ELSA-2019-4644)

high Nessus Plugin ID 125237

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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-2019-4644 advisory.

 - Input: wacom - move the USB (now hid) Wacom driver in drivers/hid (Benjamin Tissoires) [Orabug:
 25512494] {CVE-2016-3139}
 - net: qmi_wwan: fix divide by 0 on bad descriptors (Bjorn Mork) [Orabug: 27215229] {CVE-2017-16650}
 - USB: hso: Fix OOB memory access in hso_probe/hso_get_config_data (Hui Peng) [Orabug: 29605987] {CVE-2018-19985} {CVE-2018-19985}
 - KEYS: encrypted: fix buffer overread in valid_master_desc() (Eric Biggers) [Orabug: 29605993] {CVE-2017-13305}
 - ecryptfs: don't allow mmap when the lower fs doesn't support it (Jeff Mahoney) [Orabug: 29666607] {CVE-2016-1583} {CVE-2016-1583}
 - Revert 'ecryptfs: forbid opening files without mmap handler' (Brian Maly) [Orabug: 29666607] {CVE-2016-1583}

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-2019-4644.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 125237

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2019-4644.nasl

Version: 1.9

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 5/17/2019

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: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 5.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-16650

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-2016-1583

Vulnerability Information

CPE: 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-3.8.13-118.34.1.el7uek, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:dtrace-modules-3.8.13-118.34.1.el6uek, 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: 5/16/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/4/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-1583, CVE-2016-3139, CVE-2017-13305, CVE-2017-16650, CVE-2018-19985, CVE-2019-11190