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Oracle Linux 8 : kernel (ELSA-2020-3218)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 139275

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2020-3218 advisory.

 - Reverse keys order for dual-signing (Frantisek Hrbata) [1837433 1837434] {CVE-2020-10713}
 - [kernel] Move to dual-signing to split signing keys up better (pjones) [1837433 1837434] {CVE-2020-10713}
 - [crypto] pefile: Tolerate other pefile signatures after first (Lenny Szubowicz) [1837433 1837434] {CVE-2020-10713}
 - [acpi] ACPI: configfs: Disallow loading ACPI tables when locked down (Lenny Szubowicz) [1852968 1852969] {CVE-2020-15780}
 - [firmware] efi: Restrict efivar_ssdt_load when the kernel is locked down (Lenny Szubowicz) [1852948 1852949] {CVE-2019-20908}

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-2020-3218.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 139275

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2020-3218.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 8/3/2020

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: 7.2

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-15780

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.7

Temporal Score: 5.8

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-tools-libs-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-cross-headers, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-debug-modules, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:8, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-tools, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-debug-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-modules-extra, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-tools-libs, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-headers, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-modules, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-debug, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-core, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-abi-whitelists, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-debug-modules-extra, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:python3-perf, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:bpftool, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-debug-core, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:perf

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/OracleLinux

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/30/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/15/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-20908, CVE-2020-15780

RHSA: 2020:3218