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Oracle Linux 6 / 7 : Unbreakable Enterprise kernel (ELSA-2022-9260)

high Nessus Plugin ID 159519

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 6 / 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2022-9260 advisory.

 - drm/i915: Flush TLBs before releasing backing store (Tvrtko Ursulin) [Orabug: 33835812] {CVE-2022-0330}
 - drm/i915: Reduce locking in execlist command submission (Chris Wilson) [Orabug: 33835812] {CVE-2022-0330}
 - ipv4: make exception cache less predictible (Eric Dumazet) [Orabug: 33894531] {CVE-2021-20322}
 - route: also update fnhe_genid when updating a route cache (Xin Long) [Orabug: 33894531] {CVE-2021-20322}
 - ipv4: avoid using shared IP generator for connected sockets (Eric Dumazet) [Orabug: 33917058] {CVE-2020-36516}
 - sctp: add vtag check in sctp_sf_violation (Xin Long) [Orabug: 33924717] {CVE-2021-3772}
 - sctp: use init_tag from inithdr for ABORT chunk (Xin Long) [Orabug: 33924717] {CVE-2021-3772}

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-2022-9260.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 159519

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2022-9260.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 4/5/2022

Updated: 10/23/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.8

Temporal Score: 4.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-3772

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-0330

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:oracle:linux:7, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek-doc, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek-firmware, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek-debug, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:6, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek-debug-devel

Required KB Items: Host/OracleLinux, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/local_checks_enabled

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/5/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/8/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-36516, CVE-2021-20322, CVE-2021-3772, CVE-2022-0330, CVE-2022-26966