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Oracle Linux 6 / 7 : Unbreakable Enterprise kernel (ELSA-2020-5750)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 138247

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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-2020-5750 advisory.

 - ALSA: core: Fix card races between register and disconnect (Takashi Iwai) [Orabug: 31351891] {CVE-2019-15214}
 - media: dvb-usb-v2: lmedm04: move ts2020 attach to dm04_lme2510_tuner (Malcolm Priestley) [Orabug:
 31352061] {CVE-2017-16538}
 - media: dvb-usb-v2: lmedm04: Improve logic checking of warm start (Malcolm Priestley) [Orabug: 31352061] {CVE-2017-16538}
 - media: ttusb-dec: Fix info-leak in ttusb_dec_send_command() (Tomas Bortoli) [Orabug: 31351119] {CVE-2019-19533}
 - x86/speculation: Add Ivy Bridge to affected list (Josh Poimboeuf) [Orabug: 31475612] {CVE-2020-0543}
 - x86/speculation: Add SRBDS vulnerability and mitigation documentation (Mark Gross) [Orabug: 31475612] {CVE-2020-0543}
 - x86/speculation: Add Special Register Buffer Data Sampling (SRBDS) mitigation (Mark Gross) [Orabug:
 31475612] {CVE-2020-0543}
 - x86/cpu: Add 'table' argument to cpu_matches() (Mark Gross) [Orabug: 31475612] {CVE-2020-0543}
 - x86/cpu: Add a steppings field to struct x86_cpu_id (Mark Gross) [Orabug: 31475612] {CVE-2020-0543}
 - x86/cpu: Rename cpu_data.x86_mask to cpu_data.x86_stepping (Jia Zhang) [Orabug: 31475612] {CVE-2020-0543}
 - can: peak_usb: fix slab info leak (Johan Hovold) [Orabug: 31351141] {CVE-2019-19534}
 - can: peak_usb: pcan_usb_pro: Fix info-leaks to USB devices (Tomas Bortoli) [Orabug: 31351250] {CVE-2019-19536}

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-2020-5750.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 138247

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2020-5750.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/9/2020

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: 7.2

Temporal Score: 5.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-16538

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.6

Temporal Score: 5.9

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:P/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

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: 7/8/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/4/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-16538, CVE-2019-15214, CVE-2019-19533, CVE-2019-19534, CVE-2019-19536, CVE-2020-0543