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Oracle Linux 7 : kernel (ELSA-2019-2600)

high Nessus Plugin ID 128513

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Synopsis

The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2019-2600 advisory.

 - [netdrv] brcmfmac: assure SSID length from firmware is limited (Stanislaw Gruszka) [1704879 1704880] {CVE-2019-9500}
 - [documentation] Documentation: Add swapgs description to the Spectre v1 documentation (Waiman Long) [1729810 1724510] {CVE-2019-1125}
 - [documentation] Documentation: Add section about CPU vulnerabilities for Spectre (Waiman Long) [1729810 1724510] {CVE-2019-1125}
 - [x86] x86/speculation/swapgs: Exclude ATOMs from speculation through SWAPGS (Waiman Long) [1729810 1724510] {CVE-2019-1125}
 - [x86] x86/speculation: Enable Spectre v1 swapgs mitigations (Waiman Long) [1729810 1724510] {CVE-2019-1125}
 - [x86] x86/speculation: Prepare entry code for Spectre v1 swapgs mitigations (Waiman Long) [1729810 1724510] {CVE-2019-1125}

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-2019-2600.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 128513

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2019-2600.nasl

Version: 1.8

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/5/2019

Updated: 10/22/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.3

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.9

Temporal Score: 6.2

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-9500

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.3

Temporal Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/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-tools-libs-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:bpftool, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-tools-libs, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:perf, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:7, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-tools, 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

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: 9/4/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/17/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-1125, CVE-2019-9500

RHSA: 2019:2600