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Oracle Linux 8 : kernel (ELSA-2023-0832)
high Nessus Plugin ID 171797
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Synopsis
The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates.Description
The remote Oracle Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2023-0832 advisory.- mm/mremap: hold the rmap lock in write mode when moving page table entries. (Waiman Long) [2140944] {CVE-2022-41222}
- mm/mremap: use pmd/pud_poplulate to update page table entries (Waiman Long) [2140944] {CVE-2022-41222}
- mm/mremap: don't enable optimized PUD move if page table levels is 2 (Waiman Long) [2140944] {CVE-2022-41222}
- mm/mremap: convert huge PUD move to separate helper (Waiman Long) [2140944] {CVE-2022-41222}
- mm/mremap: fix BUILD_BUG_ON() error in get_extent (Waiman Long) [2140944] {CVE-2022-41222}
- mm/mremap.c: fix extent calculation (Waiman Long) [2140944] {CVE-2022-41222}
- x86: mremap speedup - Enable HAVE_MOVE_PUD (Waiman Long) [2140944] {CVE-2022-41222}
- mm: speedup mremap on 1GB or larger regions (Waiman Long) [2140944] {CVE-2022-41222}
- mm/mremap: start addresses are properly aligned (Waiman Long) [2140944] {CVE-2022-41222}
- mm/mremap: calculate extent in one place (Waiman Long) [2140944] {CVE-2022-41222}
- mm/mremap: it is sure to have enough space when extent meets requirement (Waiman Long) [2140944] {CVE-2022-41222}
- i2c: ismt: Fix an out-of-bounds bug in ismt_access() (Prarit Bhargava) [2154388 2119066] {CVE-2022-2873}
- NFSD: Protect against send buffer overflow in NFSv3 READ (Scott Mayhew) [2143172 2141774] {CVE-2022-43945}
- NFSD: Protect against send buffer overflow in NFSv2 READ (Scott Mayhew) [2143172 2141774] {CVE-2022-43945}
- NFSD: Protect against send buffer overflow in NFSv3 READDIR (Scott Mayhew) [2143172 2141774] {CVE-2022-43945}
- NFSD: Protect against send buffer overflow in NFSv2 READDIR (Scott Mayhew) [2143172 2141774] {CVE-2022-43945}
- SUNRPC: Fix svcxdr_init_encode's buflen calculation (Scott Mayhew) [2143172 2141774] {CVE-2022-43945}
- SUNRPC: Fix svcxdr_init_decode's end-of-buffer calculation (Scott Mayhew) [2143172 2141774] {CVE-2022-43945}
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
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 171797
File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2023-0832.nasl
Version: 1.5
Type: local
Agent: unix
Published: 2/22/2023
Updated: 11/1/2024
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: 6
Temporal Score: 4.7
Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:H/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-41222
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7
Temporal Score: 6.3
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:P/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-tools-libs-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-cross-headers, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-debug-modules, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:8, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-tools, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-debug-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-headers, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-modules, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-abi-stablelists, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-debug, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-core, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-debug-modules-extra, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:python3-perf, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:bpftool, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-debug-core, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:perf, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-modules-extra, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-tools-libs, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel
Required KB Items: Host/OracleLinux, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/local_checks_enabled
Exploit Available: true
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 2/22/2023
Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/22/2022