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Oracle Linux 5 / 6 : Unbreakable Enterprise kernel (ELSA-2019-4855)

high Nessus Plugin ID 131209

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 5 / 6 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2019-4855 advisory.

 - ipv4: ipmr: various fixes and cleanups (Eric Dumazet) [Orabug: 30183226] {CVE-2017-18509}
 - scsi: sg: fixup infoleak when using SG_GET_REQUEST_TABLE (Hannes Reinecke) [Orabug: 30393903] {CVE-2017-14991}
 - usb: misc: legousbtower: Fix NULL pointer deference (Greg Kroah-Hartman) [Orabug: 30412152] {CVE-2017-15102}
 - floppy: fix div-by-zero in setup_format_params (Denis Efremov) [Orabug: 30447845] {CVE-2019-14284}
 - i2c: core-smbus: prevent stack corruption on read I2C_BLOCK_DATA (Jeremy Compostella) [Orabug:
 30468843] {CVE-2017-18551}
 - USB: check usb_get_extra_descriptor for proper size (Mathias Payer) [Orabug: 30057430] {CVE-2018-20169}
 - x86/tsx: Add config options to set tsx=on|off|auto (Michal Hocko) [Orabug: 30419231] {CVE-2019-11135}
 - x86/speculation/taa: Add documentation for TSX Async Abort (Pawan Gupta) [Orabug: 30419231] {CVE-2019-11135}
 - x86/tsx: Add 'auto' option to TSX cmdline parameter (Pawan Gupta) [Orabug: 30419231] {CVE-2019-11135}
 - x86/speculation/taa: Add sysfs reporting for TSX Async Abort (Pawan Gupta) [Orabug: 30419231] {CVE-2019-11135}
 - x86/speculation/taa: Add mitigation for TSX Async Abort (Pawan Gupta) [Orabug: 30419231] {CVE-2019-11135}
 - x86/tsx: Add TSX cmdline option with TSX disabled by default (Pawan Gupta) [Orabug: 30419231] {CVE-2019-11135}
 - x86: Add helper function x86_read_arch_cap_msr() (Pawan Gupta) [Orabug: 30419231] {CVE-2019-11135}

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-2019-4855.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 131209

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2019-4855.nasl

Version: 1.8

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/22/2019

Updated: 11/1/2024

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, 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-2018-20169

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-2017-18509

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: 11/21/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/3/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-14991, CVE-2017-15102, CVE-2017-18509, CVE-2017-18551, CVE-2018-20169, CVE-2019-11135, CVE-2019-14284