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Oracle Linux 7 : kernel (ELSA-2020-5023)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 142788

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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-2020-5023 advisory.

 - [net] bluetooth: l2cap: Fix calling sk_filter on non-socket based channel (Gopal Tiwari) [1888253] {CVE-2020-12351}
 - [net] bluetooth: a2mp: Fix not initializing all members (Gopal Tiwari) [1888797] {CVE-2020-12352}
 - [video] vgacon: Fix for missing check in scrollback handling (Lyude Paul) [1859468] {CVE-2020-14331}
 - [net] net-sysfs: Call dev_hold always in rx_queue_add_kobject (Hangbin Liu) [1846454] {CVE-2019-20811}
 - [net] net-sysfs: Call dev_hold always in netdev_queue_add_kobject (Hangbin Liu) [1846454] {CVE-2019-20811}
 - [net] net-sysfs: call dev_hold if kobject_init_and_add success (Hangbin Liu) [1846454] {CVE-2019-20811}

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-2020-5023.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 142788

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2020-5023.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/12/2020

Updated: 10/22/2024

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: 5.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-14331

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.6

Temporal Score: 5.9

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:P/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-abi-whitelists, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-tools-libs-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:bpftool, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-tools-libs, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:perf, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:7, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-tools, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:python-perf, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-debug-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-debug, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-headers, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel

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: 11/11/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/3/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-20811, CVE-2020-14331