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Oracle Linux 7 : Unbreakable Enterprise kernel (ELSA-2021-9172)

high Nessus Plugin ID 148453

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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-2021-9172 advisory.

 - Xen/gnttab: handle p2m update errors on a per-slot basis (Jan Beulich) [Orabug: 32651477] {CVE-2021-28038}
 - scsi: iscsi: Verify lengths on passthrough PDUs (Chris Leech) [Orabug: 32603381] {CVE-2021-27363} {CVE-2021-27364} {CVE-2021-27365}
 - scsi: iscsi: Ensure sysfs attributes are limited to PAGE_SIZE (Chris Leech) [Orabug: 32603381] {CVE-2021-27363} {CVE-2021-27364} {CVE-2021-27365}
 - scsi: iscsi: Report connection state in sysfs (Gabriel Krisman Bertazi) [Orabug: 32603381] {CVE-2021-27363} {CVE-2021-27364} {CVE-2021-27365}
 - sysfs: Add sysfs_emit and sysfs_emit_at to format sysfs output (Joe Perches) [Orabug: 32603381] {CVE-2021-27363} {CVE-2021-27364} {CVE-2021-27365}
 - scsi: iscsi: Restrict sessions and handles to admin capabilities (Lee Duncan) [Orabug: 32603381] {CVE-2021-27363} {CVE-2021-27364} {CVE-2021-27365}

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-2021-9172.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 148453

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2021-9172.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 4/13/2021

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: Medium

Base Score: 4.6

Temporal Score: 3.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-27365

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: 4/12/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/5/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-27363, CVE-2021-27364, CVE-2021-27365, CVE-2021-28038