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Oracle Linux 8 : kernel (ELSA-2019-2703)

high Nessus Plugin ID 128845

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2019-2703 advisory.

 - [wireless] mwifiex: fix 802.11n/WPA detection (Jarod Wilson) [1714475 1714476] {CVE-2019-3846}
 - [x86] x86/entry/64: Use JMP instead of JMPQ (Josh Poimboeuf) [1724500 1724501] {CVE-2019-1125}
 - [x86] x86/speculation: Enable Spectre v1 swapgs mitigations (Josh Poimboeuf) [1724500 1724501] {CVE-2019-1125}
 - [x86] x86/speculation: Prepare entry code for Spectre v1 swapgs mitigations (Josh Poimboeuf) [1724500 1724501] {CVE-2019-1125}
 - [x86] x86/cpufeatures: Combine word 11 and 12 into a new scattered features word (Josh Poimboeuf) [1724500 1724501] {CVE-2019-1125}
 - [x86] x86/cpufeatures: Carve out CQM features retrieval (Josh Poimboeuf) [1724500 1724501] {CVE-2019-1125}
 - [mm] powerpc/mm/64s/hash: Reallocate context ids on fork (Gustavo Duarte) [1734689 1723808] {CVE-2019-12817}
 - [sound] ALSA: usb-audio: Fix UAF decrement if card has no live interfaces in card.c (Jaroslav Kysela) [1726371 1658924] {CVE-2018-19824}
 - [wireless] mwifiex: Abort at too short BSS descriptor element (Jarod Wilson) [1714475 1714476] {CVE-2019-3846}
 - [wireless] mwifiex: Fix possible buffer overflows at parsing bss descriptor (Jarod Wilson) [1714475 1714476] {CVE-2019-3846}
 - [wireless] brcmfmac: add subtype check for event handling in data path (Stanislaw Gruszka) [1733895 1704684] {CVE-2019-9503}
 - [wireless] brcmfmac: assure SSID length from firmware is limited (Stanislaw Gruszka) [1705385 1705386] {CVE-2019-9500}
 - [include] fs: fix kABI for struct pipe_buf_operations (Miklos Szeredi) [1705006 1705007] {CVE-2019-11487}
 - [fs] fs: prevent page refcount overflow in pipe_buf_get (Miklos Szeredi) [1705006 1705007] {CVE-2019-11487}
 - [mm] mm: prevent get_user_pages() from overflowing page refcount (Miklos Szeredi) [1705006 1705007] {CVE-2019-11487}
 - [include] mm: add 'try_get_page()' helper function (Miklos Szeredi) [1705006 1705007] {CVE-2019-11487}
 - [include] mm: make page ref count overflow check tighter and more explicit (Miklos Szeredi) [1705006 1705007] {CVE-2019-11487}
 - [fs] fuse: call pipe_buf_release() under pipe lock (Miklos Szeredi) [1705006 1705007] {CVE-2019-11487}
 - [kvm] KVM: x86: nVMX: close leak of L0's x2APIC MSRs (CVE-2019-3887) (Vitaly Kuznetsov) [1697198 1697199]
 - Revert: [arm64] arm64/speculation: Support 'mitigations=' cmdline option (Josh Poimboeuf) [1726353 1640855] {CVE-2018-12130 CVE-2018-12127 CVE-2018-12126 CVE-2019-11091}

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-2019-2703.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 128845

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2019-2703.nasl

Version: 1.8

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/16/2019

Updated: 11/1/2024

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: 8.3

Temporal Score: 6.5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-3846

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.9

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/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-tools-libs-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-cross-headers, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-debug-modules, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:8, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-tools, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-debug-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-headers, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-modules, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-debug, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-core, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-abi-whitelists, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-debug-modules-extra, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:python3-perf, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:bpftool, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-debug-core, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:perf, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-modules-extra, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-tools-libs, 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: 9/12/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/3/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-19824, CVE-2019-11487, CVE-2019-12817, CVE-2019-3846, CVE-2019-3887, CVE-2019-9500, CVE-2019-9503

RHSA: 2019:2703