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Oracle Linux 6 / 7 : Unbreakable Enterprise kernel (ELSA-2020-5642)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 135381

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 6 / 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2020-5642 advisory.

 - vhost: Check docket sk_family instead of call getname (Eugenio Perez) [Orabug: 31085993] {CVE-2020-10942}
 - net: qlogic: Fix memory leak in ql_alloc_large_buffers (Navid Emamdoost) [Orabug: 31055327] {CVE-2019-18806}
 - swiotlb: clean up reporting (Kees Cook) [Orabug: 31085017] {CVE-2018-5953}

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-2020-5642.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 135381

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2020-5642.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 4/10/2020

Updated: 10/23/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.4

Temporal Score: 4.2

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-10942

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 5

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

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-5953

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek-debug-devel, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:7, 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, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek-debug, 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: 4/8/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/7/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-5953, CVE-2019-18806, CVE-2020-10942