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Oracle Linux 6 / 7 : Unbreakable Enterprise kernel (ELSA-2020-5708)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 137173

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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-2020-5708 advisory.

 - Input: ff-memless - kill timer in destroy() (Oliver Neukum) [Orabug: 31213691] {CVE-2019-19524}
 - libertas: Fix two buffer overflows at parsing bss descriptor (Wen Huang) [Orabug: 31351307] {CVE-2019-14896} {CVE-2019-14897} {CVE-2019-14897}
 - binfmt_elf: use ELF_ET_DYN_BASE only for PIE (Kees Cook) [Orabug: 31352068] {CVE-2017-1000370} {CVE-2017-1000371} {CVE-2017-1000370}
 - mdio_bus: Fix use-after-free on device_register fails (YueHaibing) [Orabug: 31222292] {CVE-2019-12819}
 - USB: iowarrior: fix use-after-free on disconnect (Johan Hovold) [Orabug: 31351061] {CVE-2019-19528}
 - usb: iowarrior: fix deadlock on disconnect (Oliver Neukum) [Orabug: 31351061] {CVE-2019-19528}
 - mremap: properly flush TLB before releasing the page (Linus Torvalds) [Orabug: 31352011] {CVE-2018-18281}
 - Input: add safety guards to input_set_keycode() (Dmitry Torokhov) [Orabug: 31200558] {CVE-2019-20636}
 - media: stv06xx: add missing descriptor sanity checks (Johan Hovold) [Orabug: 31200579] {CVE-2020-11609}
 - media: ov519: add missing endpoint sanity checks (Johan Hovold) [Orabug: 31213758] {CVE-2020-11608}
 - media: xirlink_cit: add missing descriptor sanity checks (Johan Hovold) [Orabug: 31213767] {CVE-2020-11668}
 - mwifiex: pcie: Fix memory leak in mwifiex_pcie_init_evt_ring (Navid Emamdoost) [Orabug: 31263147] {CVE-2019-19057}

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-2020-5708.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 137173

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2020-5708.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/5/2020

Updated: 10/22/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-14897

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/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-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/OracleLinux, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/local_checks_enabled

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/3/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/19/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-1000370, CVE-2018-18281, CVE-2019-12819, CVE-2019-14897, CVE-2019-19057, CVE-2019-19524, CVE-2019-19528, CVE-2019-19537, CVE-2019-20636, CVE-2020-11608, CVE-2020-11609, CVE-2020-11668