Detections
Analytics

Oracle Linux 7 / 8 : Unbreakable Enterprise kernel-container (ELSA-2022-10081)

high Nessus Plugin ID 168632

Language:

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-2022-10081 advisory.

 - proc: proc_skip_spaces() shouldn't think it is working on C strings (Linus Torvalds) [Orabug: 34883034] {CVE-2022-4378}
 - proc: avoid integer type confusion in get_proc_long (Linus Torvalds) [Orabug: 34883034] {CVE-2022-4378}
 - mISDN: fix use-after-free bugs in l1oip timer handlers (Duoming Zhou) [Orabug: 34719781] {CVE-2022-3565}
 - io_uring/af_unix: defer registered files gc to io_uring release (Pavel Begunkov) [Orabug: 34743499] {CVE-2022-2602}
 - wifi: cfg80211: avoid nontransmitted BSS list corruption (Johannes Berg) {CVE-2022-42721}
 - wifi: cfg80211: fix BSS refcounting bugs (Johannes Berg) {CVE-2022-42720}
 - wifi: cfg80211/mac80211: reject bad MBSSID elements (Johannes Berg) {CVE-2022-41674}
 - wifi: cfg80211: fix u8 overflow in cfg80211_update_notlisted_nontrans() (Johannes Berg) {CVE-2022-41674}

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-2022-10081.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 168632

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2022-10081.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 12/12/2022

Updated: 10/22/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-4378

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 7

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:P/RL:O/RC:C

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/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/OracleLinux

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/12/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/17/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-2602, CVE-2022-3565, CVE-2022-4378