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Oracle Linux 7 : Unbreakable Enterprise kernel (ELSA-2020-5533)

high Nessus Plugin ID 133632

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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-2020-5533 advisory.

 - rtlwifi: Fix potential overflow on P2P code (Laura Abbott) [Orabug: 30807747] {CVE-2019-17666}
 - rds: fix an infoleak in rds_inc_info_copy (Kangjie Lu) [Orabug: 30770961] {CVE-2016-5244}
 - KVM: x86: fix out-of-bounds write in KVM_GET_EMULATED_CPUID (CVE-2019-19332) (Paolo Bonzini) [Orabug:
 30658694] {CVE-2019-19332}
 - drm/i915/cmdparser: Fix jump whitelist clearing (Ben Hutchings) [Orabug: 30656819] {CVE-2019-0154}
 - drm/i915/gen8+: Add RC6 CTX corruption WA (Imre Deak) [Orabug: 30656819] {CVE-2019-0154}
 - drm/i915: Lower RM timeout to avoid DSI hard hangs (Uma Shankar) [Orabug: 30656819] {CVE-2019-0154}
 - drm/i915/cmdparser: Ignore Length operands during command matching (Jon Bloomfield) [Orabug: 30656819] {CVE-2019-0154}
 - drm/i915/cmdparser: Add support for backward jumps (Jon Bloomfield) [Orabug: 30656819] {CVE-2019-0154}
 - drm/i915/cmdparser: Use explicit goto for error paths (Jon Bloomfield) [Orabug: 30656819] {CVE-2019-0154}
 - drm/i915: Add gen9 BCS cmdparsing (Jon Bloomfield) [Orabug: 30656819] {CVE-2019-0154}
 - drm/i915: Allow parsing of unsized batches (Jon Bloomfield) [Orabug: 30656819] {CVE-2019-0154}
 - drm/i915: Support ro ppgtt mapped cmdparser shadow buffers (Jon Bloomfield) [Orabug: 30656819] {CVE-2019-0154}
 - drm/i915: Add support for mandatory cmdparsing (Jon Bloomfield) [Orabug: 30656819] {CVE-2019-0154}
 - drm/i915: Remove Master tables from cmdparser (Jon Bloomfield) [Orabug: 30656819] {CVE-2019-0154}
 - drm/i915: Disable Secure Batches for gen6+ (Jon Bloomfield) [Orabug: 30656819] {CVE-2019-0154}
 - drm/i915: Rename gen7 cmdparser tables (Jon Bloomfield) [Orabug: 30656819] {CVE-2019-0154}
 - drm/i915: Move engine->needs_cmd_parser to engine->flags (Tvrtko Ursulin) [Orabug: 30656819] {CVE-2019-0154}
 - drm/i915: Dont use GPU relocations prior to cmdparser stalls (Chris Wilson) [Orabug: 30656819] {CVE-2019-0154}
 - drm/i915: Silence smatch for cmdparser (Chris Wilson) [Orabug: 30656819] {CVE-2019-0154}
 - drm/i915/cmdparser: Do not check past the cmd length. (Michal Srb) [Orabug: 30656819] {CVE-2019-0154}
 - drm/i915/cmdparser: Check reg_table_count before derefencing. (Michal Srb) [Orabug: 30656819] {CVE-2019-0154}
 - drm/i915: Prevent writing into a read-only object via a GGTT mmap (Chris Wilson) [Orabug: 30656819] {CVE-2019-0154}
 - drm/i915/gtt: Disable read-only support under GVT (Chris Wilson) [Orabug: 30656819] {CVE-2019-0154}
 - drm/i915/gtt: Read-only pages for insert_entries on bdw+ (Vivi, Rodrigo) [Orabug: 30656819] {CVE-2019-0154}
 - drm/i915/gtt: Add read only pages to gen8_pte_encode (Jon Bloomfield) [Orabug: 30656819] {CVE-2019-0154}
 - mwifiex: Fix mem leak in mwifiex_tm_cmd (YueHaibing) [Orabug: 30732918] {CVE-2019-20095}
 - fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c: fix NULL pointer dereference in put_links (YueHaibing) [Orabug: 30732937] {CVE-2019-20054}

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-2020-5533.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 133632

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2020-5533.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/12/2020

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: 8.3

Temporal Score: 6.5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-17666

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-uek-headers, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek-debug-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:perf, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek-devel, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:7, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek-tools-libs-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek-doc, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:python-perf, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek-tools, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek-tools-libs, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek-debug

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: 2/10/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/3/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-5244, CVE-2019-0154, CVE-2019-15917, CVE-2019-16231, CVE-2019-17666, CVE-2019-19332, CVE-2019-20054, CVE-2019-20095, CVE-2019-3016