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Oracle Linux 6 / 7 : Unbreakable Enterprise kernel (ELSA-2023-12109)

high Nessus Plugin ID 171104

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 6 / 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2023-12109 advisory.

 - USB: core: Prevent nested device-reset calls (Alan Stern) [Orabug: 34951641] {CVE-2022-4662}
 - Bluetooth: L2CAP: Fix accepting connection request for invalid SPSM (Luiz Augusto von Dentz) [Orabug:
 34833307] {CVE-2022-42896} {CVE-2022-42896}
 - Bluetooth: L2CAP: Fix use-after-free caused by l2cap_reassemble_sdu (Maxim Mikityanskiy) [Orabug:
 34719829] {CVE-2022-3564}
 - Bluetooth: remove unneeded variable in l2cap_stream_rx (Prasanna Karthik) [Orabug: 34719829] {CVE-2022-3564}
 - Bluetooth: L2CAP: Fix attempting to access uninitialized memory (Luiz Augusto von Dentz) [Orabug:
 34951662] {CVE-2022-42895} {CVE-2022-42895}
 - wifi: brcmfmac: Fix potential buffer overflow in brcmf_fweh_event_worker() (Dokyung Song) [Orabug:
 34951546] {CVE-2022-3628}

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-2023-12109.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 171104

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2023-12109.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/7/2023

Updated: 10/24/2024

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.3

Temporal Score: 6.5

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: 7.9

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:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek-debug-devel, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:7, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek-doc, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek-firmware, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek-debug, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:6

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: 2/7/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/16/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-3524, CVE-2022-3564, CVE-2022-3628, CVE-2022-42895, CVE-2022-42896, CVE-2022-4662