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Oracle Linux 5 / 6 : Unbreakable Enterprise kernel (ELSA-2020-5881)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 141365

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 5 / 6 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2020-5881 advisory.

 - ath9k_htc: release allocated buffer if timed out (Navid Emamdoost) [Orabug: 31351574] {CVE-2019-19073}
 - USB: serial: io_ti: fix information leak in completion handler (Johan Hovold) [Orabug: 31352086] {CVE-2017-8924}
 - mm/hugetlb: fix a race between hugetlb sysctl handlers (Muchun Song) [Orabug: 31884244] {CVE-2020-25285}

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-2020-5881.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 141365

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2020-5881.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/10/2020

Updated: 11/1/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.4

Temporal Score: 3.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-25285

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.4

Temporal Score: 5.6

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/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: cpe:/o:oracle:linux:5, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek-debug-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek-debug, 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, 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: 10/9/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/12/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-8924, CVE-2019-19073, CVE-2020-14314, CVE-2020-25285

BID: 98451