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Oracle Linux 6 / 7 : Unbreakable Enterprise kernel (ELSA-2020-5837)

high Nessus Plugin ID 140208

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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-2020-5837 advisory.

 - can: peak_usb: pcan_usb_fd: Fix info-leaks to USB devices (Tomas Bortoli) [Orabug: 31351221] {CVE-2019-19535}
 - media: hdpvr: Fix an error handling path in hdpvr_probe() (Arvind Yadav) [Orabug: 31352053] {CVE-2017-16644}
 - fix kABI breakage from 'netns: provide pure entropy for net_hash_mix()' (Dan Duval) [Orabug: 31351904] {CVE-2019-10638} {CVE-2019-10639}
 - netns: provide pure entropy for net_hash_mix() (Eric Dumazet) [Orabug: 31351904] {CVE-2019-10638} {CVE-2019-10639}
 - fs/binfmt_elf.c: allocate initialized memory in fill_thread_core_info() (Alexander Potapenko) [Orabug:
 31350639] {CVE-2020-10732}
 - crypto: user - fix memory leak in crypto_report (Navid Emamdoost) [Orabug: 31351640] {CVE-2019-19062}
 - of: unittest: fix memory leak in unittest_data_add (Navid Emamdoost) [Orabug: 31351702] {CVE-2019-19049}

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-2020-5837.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 140208

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2020-5837.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/4/2020

Updated: 10/22/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

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-2017-16644

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-10639

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 Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/3/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/7/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-16644, CVE-2019-10638, CVE-2019-10639, CVE-2019-19049, CVE-2019-19062, CVE-2019-19535, CVE-2019-20811, CVE-2020-10732

BID: 101842, 109092