Oracle Linux 8 : kernel (ELSA-2020-4286)

high Nessus Plugin ID 141777

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-2020-4286 advisory.

- [net] Bluetooth: L2CAP: Fix calling sk_filter on non-socket based channel (Gopal Tiwari) [1888256 1888258] {CVE-2020-12351}
- [net] Bluetooth: A2MP: Fix not initializing all members (Gopal Tiwari) [1888906 1888807] {CVE-2020-12352}
- [video] vgacon: Fix for missing check in scrollback handling (Lyude Paul) [1859471 1859472] {CVE-2020-14331}
- [fs] xfs: fix boundary test in xfs_attr_shortform_verify (Eric Sandeen) [1881085 1875316] {CVE-2020-14385}
- [net] packet: fix overflow in tpacket_rcv (Hangbin Liu) [1876223 1876224] {CVE-2020-14386}
- [net] packet: make tp_drops atomic (Hangbin Liu) [1876223 1876224] {CVE-2020-14386}

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-2020-4286.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 141777

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2020-4286.nasl

Version: 1.8

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/21/2020

Updated: 11/1/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 8.4

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: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.9

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

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-12351

Vulnerability Information

CPE: 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-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, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-modules-extra, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-tools-libs, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel

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: 10/21/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/29/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-12351, CVE-2020-12352, CVE-2020-14331, CVE-2020-14385, CVE-2020-14386