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Oracle Linux 8 : kernel (ELSA-2021-1093)

high Nessus Plugin ID 148371

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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-2021-1093 advisory.

 - futex: Handle faults correctly for PI futexes (Waiman Long) [1924633 1924635] {CVE-2021-3347}
 - futex: Simplify fixup_pi_state_owner() (Waiman Long) [1924633 1924635] {CVE-2021-3347}
 - futex: Use pi_state_update_owner() in put_pi_state() (Waiman Long) [1924633 1924635] {CVE-2021-3347}
 - futex: Provide and use pi_state_update_owner() (Waiman Long) [1924633 1924635] {CVE-2021-3347}
 - rtmutex: Remove unused argument from rt_mutex_proxy_unlock() (Waiman Long) [1924633 1924635] {CVE-2021-3347}
 - futex: Replace pointless printk in fixup_owner() (Waiman Long) [1924633 1924635] {CVE-2021-3347}
 - futex: Ensure the correct return value from futex_lock_pi() (Waiman Long) [1924633 1924635] {CVE-2021-3347}
 - futex: Don't enable IRQs unconditionally in put_pi_state() (Waiman Long) [1924633 1924635] {CVE-2021-3347}
 - futex: Fix incorrect should_fail_futex() handling (Waiman Long) [1924633 1924635] {CVE-2021-3347}
 - futex: Consistently use fshared as boolean (Waiman Long) [1924633 1924635] {CVE-2021-3347}
 - futex: Remove needless goto's (Waiman Long) [1924633 1924635] {CVE-2021-3347}
 - futex: Remove put_futex_key() (Waiman Long) [1924633 1924635] {CVE-2021-3347}
 - scsi: iscsi: Verify lengths on passthrough PDUs (Chris Leech) [1930832 1930833] {CVE-2021-27364}
 - scsi: iscsi: Ensure sysfs attributes are limited to PAGE_SIZE (Chris Leech) [1930855 1930856] {CVE-2021-27365}
 - scsi: iscsi: Restrict sessions and handles to admin capabilities (Chris Leech) [1940423 1930809] {CVE-2021-27363}
 - fix regression in 'epoll: Keep a reference on files added to the check list' (Carlos Maiolino) [1920775 1920776] {CVE-2020-0466}
 - do_epoll_ctl(): clean the failure exits up a bit (Carlos Maiolino) [1920775 1920776] {CVE-2020-0466}
 - epoll: Keep a reference on files added to the check list (Carlos Maiolino) [1920775 1920776] {CVE-2020-0466}
 - net/vmw_vsock: fix NULL pointer dereference (Jon Maloy) [1925599 1925600] {CVE-2021-26708}
 - net/vmw_vsock: improve locking in vsock_connect_timeout() (Jon Maloy) [1925599 1925600] {CVE-2021-26708}
 - vsock: fix locking in vsock_shutdown() (Jon Maloy) [1925599 1925600] {CVE-2021-26708}
 - vsock: fix the race conditions in multi-transport support (Jon Maloy) [1925599 1925600] {CVE-2021-26708}
 - [target] scsi: target: Fix XCOPY NAA identifier lookup (Maurizio Lombardi) [1900462 1900463] {CVE-2020-28374}

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-2021-1093.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 148371

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2021-1093.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 4/7/2021

Updated: 11/1/2024

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-2021-3347

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.1

Temporal Score: 7.3

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

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-28374

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-tools-libs-devel, 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/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/OracleLinux

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/7/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/6/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-0466, CVE-2020-27152, CVE-2020-28374, CVE-2021-26708, CVE-2021-27363, CVE-2021-27364, CVE-2021-27365, CVE-2021-3347