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Oracle Linux 7 : kernel (ELSA-2021-3438)

high Nessus Plugin ID 153110

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Synopsis

The remote Oracle Linux host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ELSA-2021-3438 advisory.

 [3.10.0-1160.42.2.OL7]
 - Update Oracle Linux certificates (Ilya Okomin)
 - Oracle Linux RHCK Module Signing Key was compiled into kernel (olkmod_signing_key.x509)([email protected])
 - Update x509.genkey [Orabug: 24817676]
 - Conflict with shim-ia32 and shim-x64 <= 15-2.0.9
 - Update oracle(kernel-sig-key) value to match new certificate (Ilya Okomin)

 [3.10.0-1160.42.2]
 - net_sched: cls_route: remove the right filter from hashtable (Ivan Vecera) [1992926]

 [3.10.0-1160.42.1]
 - [s390] s390/dasd: fix list corruption of lcu list (Claudio Imbrenda) [1889418]
 - [s390] s390/dasd: fix list corruption of pavgroup group list (Claudio Imbrenda) [1889418]
 - [s390] s390/dasd: prevent inconsistent LCU device data (Claudio Imbrenda) [1889418]
 - [s390] s390/dasd: fix hanging device offline processing (Claudio Imbrenda) [1889418]

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Oracle Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue 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-2021-3438.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 153110

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2021-3438.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/8/2021

Updated: 10/22/2024

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-3715

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.8

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:U/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 Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/7/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/7/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-3715