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Oracle Linux 7 : Unbreakable Enterprise kernel (ELSA-2020-5885)
high Nessus Plugin ID 141396
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Synopsis
The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates.Description
The remote Oracle Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2020-5885 advisory.- ext4: fix potential negative array index in do_split() (Eric Sandeen) [Orabug: 31895330] {CVE-2020-14314}
- mm/hugetlb: fix a race between hugetlb sysctl handlers (Muchun Song) [Orabug: 31884238] {CVE-2020-25285}
- rbd: require global CAP_SYS_ADMIN for mapping and unmapping (Ilya Dryomov) [Orabug: 31884165] {CVE-2020-25284}
- nfs: Fix getxattr kernel panic and memory overflow (Jeffrey Mitchell) [Orabug: 31872904] {CVE-2020-25212}
- net/packet: fix overflow in tpacket_rcv (Or Cohen) [Orabug: 31866489] {CVE-2020-14386} {CVE-2020-14386}
- lib: Reduce user_access_begin() boundaries in strncpy_from_user() and strnlen_user() (Christophe Leroy) [Orabug: 29623005] {CVE-2018-20669}
- x86: uaccess: Inhibit speculation past access_ok() in user_access_begin() (Will Deacon) [Orabug:
29623005] {CVE-2018-20669}
- arch/openrisc: Fix issues with access_ok() (Stafford Horne) [Orabug: 29623005] {CVE-2018-20669}
- Fix 'acccess_ok()' on alpha and SH (Linus Torvalds) [Orabug: 29623005] {CVE-2018-20669}
- make 'user_access_begin()' do 'access_ok()' (Linus Torvalds) [Orabug: 29623005] {CVE-2018-20669}
- btrfs: merge btrfs_find_device and find_device (Anand Jain) [Orabug: 31351744] {CVE-2019-18885}
- sctp: implement memory accounting on tx path (Xin Long) [Orabug: 31351958] {CVE-2019-3874}
- Revert 'zram: convert remaining CLASS_ATTR() to CLASS_ATTR_RO()' (Wade Mealing) [Orabug: 31510723] {CVE-2020-10781}
- x86/speculation: Avoid force-disabling IBPB based on STIBP and enhanced IBRS. (Anthony Steinhauser) [Orabug: 31557803] {CVE-2020-10767}
- random32: update the net random state on interrupt and activity (Willy Tarreau) [Orabug: 31698082] {CVE-2020-16166}
- vgacon: Fix for missing check in scrollback handling (Yunhai Zhang) [Orabug: 31705119] {CVE-2020-14331} {CVE-2020-14331}
- nfsd: apply umask on fs without ACL support (J. Bruce Fields) [Orabug: 31779886] {CVE-2020-24394}
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
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 141396
File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2020-5885.nasl
Version: 1.7
Type: local
Agent: unix
Published: 10/12/2020
Updated: 11/1/2024
Supported Sensors: 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-2020-14386
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
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek-headers, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek-debug-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:perf, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek-devel, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:7, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek-tools-libs-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/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/OracleLinux
Exploit Available: true
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 10/12/2020
Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/23/2019
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2018-20669, CVE-2019-18885, CVE-2019-3874, CVE-2020-10767, CVE-2020-10781, CVE-2020-14314, CVE-2020-14331, CVE-2020-14386, CVE-2020-16166, CVE-2020-24394, CVE-2020-25212, CVE-2020-25284, CVE-2020-25285