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Oracle Linux 7 / 8 : Unbreakable Enterprise kernel-container (ELSA-2022-9829)

high Nessus Plugin ID 165297

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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-2022-9829 advisory.

 - netfilter: nf_tables: do not allow RULE_ID to refer to another chain (Thadeu Lima de Souza Cascardo) [Orabug: 34495567] {CVE-2022-2586}
 - netfilter: nf_tables: do not allow SET_ID to refer to another table (Thadeu Lima de Souza Cascardo) [Orabug: 34495567] {CVE-2022-2586}
 - rds: copy_from_user only once per rds_sendmsg system call (Hans Westgaard Ry) [Orabug: 34514570] {CVE-2022-21385}
 - scsi: target: Fix WRITE_SAME No Data Buffer crash (Mike Christie) [Orabug: 34419971] {CVE-2022-21546}
 - drm: protect drm_master pointers in drm_lease.c (Desmond Cheong Zhi Xi) [Orabug: 34115076] {CVE-2022-1280}
 - drm: serialize drm_file.master with a new spinlock (Desmond Cheong Zhi Xi) [Orabug: 34115076] {CVE-2022-1280}
 - drm: add a locked version of drm_is_current_master (Desmond Cheong Zhi Xi) [Orabug: 34115076] {CVE-2022-1280}
 - xen/arm: Fix race in RB-tree based P2M accounting (Oleksandr Tyshchenko) {CVE-2022-33744}
 - xen/blkfront: force data bouncing when backend is untrusted (Roger Pau Monne) {CVE-2022-33742}
 - xen/netfront: force data bouncing when backend is untrusted (Roger Pau Monne) {CVE-2022-33741}
 - xen/netfront: fix leaking data in shared pages (Roger Pau Monne) {CVE-2022-33740}
 - xen/blkfront: fix leaking data in shared pages (Roger Pau Monne) {CVE-2022-26365}

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-2022-9829.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 165297

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2022-9829.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/22/2022

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: Low

Base Score: 3.3

Temporal Score: 2.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-1280

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 7.2

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:F/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-2586

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: 9/21/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/13/2022

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability Due Dates: 7/17/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-3669, CVE-2022-1280, CVE-2022-21385, CVE-2022-21546, CVE-2022-2586