Oracle Linux 7 : Unbreakable Enterprise kernel-container (ELSA-2022-9871)

high Nessus Plugin ID 165984

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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-2022-9871 advisory.

- af_key: Do not call xfrm_probe_algs in parallel (Herbert Xu) [Orabug: 34566753] {CVE-2022-3028}
- lockdown: also lock down previous kgdb use (Daniel Thompson) [Orabug: 34543517] {CVE-2022-21499}
- Revert 'debug: Lock down kgdb' (Alok Tiwari) [Orabug: 34543517] {CVE-2022-21499}

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.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 165984

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2022-9871.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Oracle Linux Local Security Checks

Published: 10/10/2022

Updated: 10/22/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.6

Temporal Score: 3.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-21499

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7

Temporal Score: 6.1

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/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-2022-3028

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 Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/10/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/9/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-21499, CVE-2022-3028

Detections

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