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Oracle Linux 6 / 7 : Unbreakable Enterprise kernel (ELSA-2021-9002)
critical Nessus Plugin ID 144802
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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-2021-9002 advisory.- mwifiex: fix possible heap overflow in mwifiex_process_country_ie() (Ganapathi Bhat) [Orabug: 30781859] {CVE-2019-14895} {CVE-2019-14895}
- ext4: fix ext4_empty_dir() for directories with holes (Jan Kara) [Orabug: 31265320] {CVE-2019-19037} {CVE-2019-19037}
- netlabel: cope with NULL catmap (Paolo Abeni) [Orabug: 31350493] {CVE-2020-10711}
- scsi: mptfusion: Fix double fetch bug in ioctl (Dan Carpenter) [Orabug: 31350941] {CVE-2020-12652}
- scsi: mptfusion: Add bounds check in mptctl_hp_targetinfo() (Dan Carpenter) [Orabug: 31350941] {CVE-2020-12652}
- USB: core: Fix free-while-in-use bug in the USB S-Glibrary (Alan Stern) [Orabug: 31350967] {CVE-2020-12464}
- drivers: usb: core: Minimize irq disabling in usb_sg_cancel() (David Mosberger) [Orabug: 31350967] {CVE-2020-12464}
- drivers: usb: core: Don't disable irqs in usb_sg_wait() during URB submit. (David Mosberger) [Orabug:
31350967] {CVE-2020-12464}
- ext4: work around deleting a file with i_nlink == 0 safely (Theodore Ts'o) [Orabug: 31351014] {CVE-2019-19447}
- sched/fair: Don't free p->numa_faults with concurrent readers (Jann Horn) [Orabug: 32212524] {CVE-2019-20934}
- netfilter: nf_conntrack_h323: lost .data_len definition for Q.931/ipv6 (Vasily Averin) [Orabug:
32222844] {CVE-2020-14305}
- perf/core: Fix race in the perf_mmap_close() function (Jiri Olsa) [Orabug: 32233360] {CVE-2020-14351}
- Fonts: Support FONT_EXTRA_WORDS macros for built-in fonts (Peilin Ye) [Orabug: 32176264] {CVE-2020-28915}
- fbdev, newport_con: Move FONT_EXTRA_WORDS macros into linux/font.h (Peilin Ye) [Orabug: 32176264] {CVE-2020-28915}
- vt: Disable KD_FONT_OP_COPY (Daniel Vetter) [Orabug: 32187749] {CVE-2020-28974}
- block: Fix use-after-free in blkdev_get() (Jason Yan) [Orabug: 32194609] {CVE-2020-15436}
- icmp: randomize the global rate limiter (Eric Dumazet) [Orabug: 32227971] {CVE-2020-25705}
- tty: make FONTX ioctl use the tty pointer they were actually passed (Linus Torvalds) [Orabug: 32122731] {CVE-2020-25668}
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: Critical
ID: 144802
File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2021-9002.nasl
Version: 1.9
Type: local
Agent: unix
Published: 1/7/2021
Updated: 10/22/2024
Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: High
Score: 7.4
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 8.3
Temporal Score: 6.5
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:C
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-14305
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Critical
Base Score: 9.8
Temporal Score: 8.8
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/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-2019-14895
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/OracleLinux, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/local_checks_enabled
Exploit Available: true
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 1/7/2021
Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/21/2019
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2019-14895, CVE-2019-19037, CVE-2019-19447, CVE-2019-20934, CVE-2020-10711, CVE-2020-12464, CVE-2020-12652, CVE-2020-14305, CVE-2020-14351, CVE-2020-15436, CVE-2020-25668, CVE-2020-25705, CVE-2020-28915, CVE-2020-28974