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Oracle Linux 7 / 8 : Unbreakable Enterprise kernel-container (ELSA-2022-9148)

high Nessus Plugin ID 158100

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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-2022-9148 advisory.

 - cgroup-v1: Require capabilities to set release_agent (Eric W. Biederman) [Orabug: 33832582] {CVE-2022-0492}
 - tee: handle lookup of shm with reference count 0 (Jens Wiklander) [Orabug: 33739582] {CVE-2021-44733}
 - vfs: fs_context: fix up param length parsing in legacy_parse_param (Jamie Hill-Daniel) [Orabug:
 33766454] {CVE-2022-0185}
 - Bluetooth: sco: Fix lock_sock() blockage by memcpy_from_msg() (Takashi Iwai) {CVE-2021-3640}
 - xfs: map unwritten blocks in XFS_IOC_{ALLOC,FREE}SP just like fallocate (Darrick J. Wong) [Orabug:
 33745420] {CVE-2021-4155}
 - Bluetooth: fix use-after-free error in lock_sock_nested() (Wang ShaoBo) [Orabug: 33406414] {CVE-2021-3752}
 - fget: check that the fd still exists after getting a ref to it (Linus Torvalds) [Orabug: 33679803] {CVE-2021-0920}
 - atlantic: Fix OOB read and write in hw_atl_utils_fw_rpc_wait (Zekun Shen) [Orabug: 33594983] {CVE-2021-43975}

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 kernel-uek-container and / or kernel-uek-container-debug packages.

See Also

https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2022-9148.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 158100

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2022-9148.nasl

Version: 1.10

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/16/2022

Updated: 10/22/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 8.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.9

Temporal Score: 6.5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-3752

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.4

Temporal Score: 7.8

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

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-0185

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek-container, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek-container-debug, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:7, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:8

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: 2/14/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/11/2021

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability Due Dates: 9/11/2024

Exploitable With

Core Impact

Metasploit (Docker cgroups Container Escape)

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-3640, CVE-2021-3752, CVE-2021-4155, CVE-2021-44733, CVE-2022-0185, CVE-2022-0492