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Oracle Linux 7 / 8 : Unbreakable Enterprise kernel (ELSA-2021-9037)

high Nessus Plugin ID 148549

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Synopsis

The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 7 / 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2021-9037 advisory.

 - netfilter: add and use nf_hook_slow_list() (Florian Westphal) [Orabug: 32372530] {CVE-2021-20177}
 - target: fix XCOPY NAA identifier lookup (David Disseldorp) [Orabug: 32248035] {CVE-2020-28374}
 - mwifiex: Fix possible buffer overflows in mwifiex_cmd_802_11_ad_hoc_start (Zhang Xiaohui) [Orabug:
 32349203] {CVE-2020-36158}
 - tty: Fix ->session locking (Jann Horn) [Orabug: 32266677] {CVE-2020-29660}
 - tty: Fix ->pgrp locking in tiocspgrp() (Jann Horn) [Orabug: 32266677] {CVE-2020-29660}
 - xen-blkback: set ring->xenblkd to NULL after kthread_stop() (Pawel Wieczorkiewicz) [Orabug: 32260252] {CVE-2020-29569}
 - xenbus/xenbus_backend: Disallow pending watch messages (SeongJae Park) [Orabug: 32253409] {CVE-2020-29568}
 - xen/xenbus: Count pending messages for each watch (SeongJae Park) [Orabug: 32253409] {CVE-2020-29568}
 - xen/xenbus/xen_bus_type: Support will_handle watch callback (SeongJae Park) [Orabug: 32253409] {CVE-2020-29568}
 - xen/xenbus: Add 'will_handle' callback support in xenbus_watch_path() (SeongJae Park) [Orabug:
 32253409] {CVE-2020-29568}
 - xen/xenbus: Allow watches discard events before queueing (SeongJae Park) [Orabug: 32253409] {CVE-2020-29568}

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-2021-9037.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 148549

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2021-9037.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 4/14/2021

Updated: 10/22/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.3

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-2020-36158

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.9

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

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-29569

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek-debug-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:perf, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:7, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:8, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek-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: 2/8/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/9/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-28374, CVE-2020-29568, CVE-2020-29569, CVE-2020-29660, CVE-2020-36158, CVE-2021-20177

IAVB: 2020-B-0077-S