Oracle Linux 7 : Unbreakable Enterprise kernel-container (ELSA-2022-9788)

high Nessus Plugin ID 165208

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 7 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2022-9788 advisory.

- scsi: target: Fix WRITE_SAME No Data Buffer crash (Mike Christie) [Orabug: 34419972] {CVE-2022-21546}
- rds: copy_from_user only once per rds_sendmsg system call (Hans Westgaard Ry) [Orabug: 34510858] {CVE-2022-21385}
- net_sched: cls_route: remove from list when handle is 0 (Thadeu Lima de Souza Cascardo) [Orabug:
34480752] {CVE-2022-2588}
- xen/arm: Fix race in RB-tree based P2M accounting (Oleksandr Tyshchenko) {CVE-2022-33744}

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 package.

See Also

https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2022-9788.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 165208

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2022-9788.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/16/2022

Updated: 10/22/2024

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, 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/OracleLinux, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/local_checks_enabled

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/16/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/29/2022

Exploitable With

Core Impact

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-21385, CVE-2022-21546, CVE-2022-2588