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Oracle Linux 5 / 6 : Unbreakable Enterprise kernel (ELSA-2019-4777)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 128601

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Synopsis

The remote Oracle Linux host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 5 / 6 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ELSA-2019-4777 advisory.

 - x86/speculation: Exclude ATOMs from speculation through SWAPGS (Thomas Gleixner) [Orabug: 30165287] {CVE-2019-1125}
 - x86/speculation: Enable Spectre v1 swapgs mitigations (Josh Poimboeuf) [Orabug: 30165287] {CVE-2019-1125}

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-2019-4777.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 128601

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2019-4777.nasl

Version: 1.9

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/9/2019

Updated: 11/1/2024

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2.1

Temporal Score: 1.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-1125

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.6

Temporal Score: 5.1

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:oracle:linux:5, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek-debug-devel, 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/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/OracleLinux

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/9/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/5/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-1125

IAVA: 2019-A-0284-S, 2019-A-0285-S, 2019-A-0290-S, 2019-A-0293-S