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Oracle Linux 7 : Unbreakable Enterprise kernel-container (ELSA-2022-9699)

high Nessus Plugin ID 163969

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Synopsis

The remote Oracle Linux host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 7 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ELSA-2022-9699 advisory.

 - net_sched: cls_route: remove from list when handle is 0 (Thadeu Lima de Souza Cascardo) [Orabug:
 34460938] {CVE-2022-2588}
 - KVM: x86: Avoid theoretical NULL pointer dereference in kvm_irq_delivery_to_apic_fast() (Vitaly Kuznetsov) [Orabug: 34323860] {CVE-2022-2153}
 - KVM: x86: Check lapic_in_kernel() before attempting to set a SynIC irq (Vitaly Kuznetsov) [Orabug:
 34323860] {CVE-2022-2153}
 - KVM: Add infrastructure and macro to mark VM as bugged (Sean Christopherson) [Orabug: 34323860] {CVE-2022-2153}
 - floppy: use a statically allocated error counter (Willy Tarreau) [Orabug: 34218640] {CVE-2022-1652}

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 kernel-uek-container package.

See Also

https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2022-9699.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 163969

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2022-9699.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 8/9/2022

Updated: 10/22/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Critical

Score: 9.5

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-2588

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 7.5

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:H/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

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

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: 8/9/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/9/2022

Exploitable With

Core Impact

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-2588