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Oracle Linux 7 : kernel (ELSA-2023-0399)

high Nessus Plugin ID 170596

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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 packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2023-0399 advisory.

 - debug: lock down kgdb [Orabug: 34270798] {CVE-2022-21499}
 - x86/speculation: Use generic retpoline by default on AMD (Rafael Aquini) [2062165] {CVE-2021-26401}
 - net: usb: ax88179_178a: Fix packet receiving (Jose Ignacio Tornos Martinez) [2120504] {CVE-2022-2964}
 - net: usb: ax88179_178a: Fix out-of-bounds accesses in RX fixup (Jose Ignacio Tornos Martinez) [2120504] {CVE-2022-2964}
 - net: usb: Merge cpu_to_le32s + memcpy to put_unaligned_le32 (Jose Ignacio Tornos Martinez) [2120504] {CVE-2022-2964}
 - ax88179_178a: Merge memcpy + le32_to_cpus to get_unaligned_le32 (Jose Ignacio Tornos Martinez) [2120504] {CVE-2022-2964}
 - net: usb: ax88179_178a: fix packet alignment padding (Jose Ignacio Tornos Martinez) [2120504] {CVE-2022-2964}

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-2023-0399.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 170596

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2023-0399.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/25/2023

Updated: 10/22/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 1.9

Temporal Score: 1.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-26401

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.8

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:U/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-2964

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-abi-whitelists, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-tools-libs-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:bpftool, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-tools-libs, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:perf, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:7, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-tools, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:python-perf, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-debug-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-debug, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-headers, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel

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: 1/25/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/7/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-26401, CVE-2022-2964