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Oracle Linux 8 / 9 : Unbreakable Enterprise kernel (ELSA-2023-12196)

high Nessus Plugin ID 172633

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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-2023-12196 advisory.

 - l2tp: Serialize access to sk_user_data with sk_callback_lock (Jakub Sitnicki) [Orabug: 34951574] {CVE-2022-4129}
 - wifi: rndis_wlan: Prevent buffer overflow in rndis_query_oid (Szymon Heidrich) [Orabug: 35037701] {CVE-2023-23559}
 - ipv6: raw: Deduct extension header length in rawv6_push_pending_frames (Herbert Xu) [Orabug: 35005828] {CVE-2023-0394}
 - ALSA: pcm: Move rwsem lock inside snd_ctl_elem_read to prevent UAF (Clement Lecigne) [Orabug: 34983525] {CVE-2023-0266}
 - net: sched: disallow noqueue for qdisc classes (Frederick Lawler) [Orabug: 35005790] {CVE-2022-47929}
 - net: sched: cbq: dont intepret cls results when asked to drop (Jamal Hadi Salim) [Orabug: 34983582] {CVE-2023-23454}
 - net: sched: atm: dont intepret cls results when asked to drop (Jamal Hadi Salim) [Orabug: 34983613] {CVE-2023-23455}
 - media: dvb-core: Fix UAF due to refcount races at releasing (Takashi Iwai) [Orabug: 34820628] {CVE-2022-41218}

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-2023-12196.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 172633

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2023-12196.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 3/17/2023

Updated: 11/1/2024

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: 5.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-23559

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 7.2

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:F/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:kernel-uek-container, 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-container-debug, 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 Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/16/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/21/2022

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability Due Dates: 4/20/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-41218, CVE-2022-4129, CVE-2022-47929, CVE-2023-0266, CVE-2023-0394, CVE-2023-23454, CVE-2023-23455, CVE-2023-23559