Oracle Linux 8 / 9 : Unbreakable Enterprise kernel (ELSA-2023-12017)

high Nessus Plugin ID 169924

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 8 / 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2023-12017 advisory.

- proc: proc_skip_spaces() shouldn't think it is working on C strings (Linus Torvalds) [Orabug: 34882775] {CVE-2022-4378}
- proc: avoid integer type confusion in get_proc_long (Linus Torvalds) [Orabug: 34882775] {CVE-2022-4378}
- Bluetooth: L2CAP: Fix attempting to access uninitialized memory (Luiz Augusto von Dentz) {CVE-2022-42895}
- Bluetooth: L2CAP: Fix accepting connection request for invalid SPSM (Luiz Augusto von Dentz) {CVE-2022-42896}

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 packages.

See Also

https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2023-12017.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 169924

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2023-12017.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/12/2023

Updated: 10/23/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.3

Temporal Score: 6.1

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-42896

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek-modules, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:9, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:bpftool, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek-debug-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek-debug, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:8, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek-debug-core, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek-doc, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek-debug-modules-extra, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek-modules-extra, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek-core, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek-debug-modules

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/OracleLinux

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/12/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/23/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-42895, CVE-2022-42896, CVE-2022-4378