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Oracle Linux 7 / 8 : Unbreakable Enterprise kernel (ELSA-2020-5714)

high Nessus Plugin ID 137290

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 7 / 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2020-5714 advisory.

 - x86/speculation: Add Ivy Bridge to affected list (Josh Poimboeuf) [Orabug: 31352779] {CVE-2020-0543}
 - x86/speculation: Add SRBDS vulnerability and mitigation documentation (Mark Gross) [Orabug: 31352779] {CVE-2020-0543}
 - x86/speculation: Add Special Register Buffer Data Sampling (SRBDS) mitigation (Mark Gross) [Orabug:
 31352779] {CVE-2020-0543}
 - x86/cpu: Add 'table' argument to cpu_matches() (Mark Gross) [Orabug: 31352779] {CVE-2020-0543}
 - x86/cpu: Add a steppings field to struct x86_cpu_id (Mark Gross) [Orabug: 31352779] {CVE-2020-0543}
 - x86/speculation/spectre_v2: Exclude Zhaoxin CPUs from SPECTRE_V2 (Tony W Wang-oc) [Orabug: 31352779] {CVE-2020-0543}
 - USB: core: Fix free-while-in-use bug in the USB S-Glibrary (Alan Stern) [Orabug: 31350962] {CVE-2020-12464}
 - mt76: fix array overflow on receiving too many fragments for a packet (Felix Fietkau) [Orabug:
 31350952] {CVE-2020-12465}
 - mwifiex: Fix possible buffer overflows in mwifiex_cmd_append_vsie_tlv() (Qing Xu) [Orabug: 31350929] {CVE-2020-12653}
 - block, bfq: fix use-after-free in bfq_idle_slice_timer_body (Zhiqiang Liu) [Orabug: 31350910] {CVE-2020-12657}
 - xsk: Add missing check on user supplied headroom size (Magnus Karlsson) [Orabug: 31350732] {CVE-2020-12659}
 - mwifiex: Fix possible buffer overflows in mwifiex_ret_wmm_get_status() (Qing Xu) [Orabug: 31350513] {CVE-2020-12654}
 - KVM: SVM: Fix potential memory leak in svm_cpu_init() (Miaohe Lin) [Orabug: 31350455] {CVE-2020-12768}

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-2020-5714.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 137290

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2020-5714.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/10/2020

Updated: 10/23/2024

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: 7.2

Temporal Score: 5.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-12659

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-2020-12657

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek-debug-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:perf, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:7, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:8, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek-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/OracleLinux, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/local_checks_enabled

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/9/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/29/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-19377, CVE-2020-0543, CVE-2020-12464, CVE-2020-12465, CVE-2020-12653, CVE-2020-12654, CVE-2020-12657, CVE-2020-12659, CVE-2020-12768