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Oracle Linux 6 / 7 : Unbreakable Enterprise kernel (ELSA-2023-12323)

high Nessus Plugin ID 175006

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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-2023-12323 advisory.

 - kvm: initialize all of the kvm_debugregs structure before sending it to userspace (Greg Kroah-Hartman) [Orabug: 35250098] {CVE-2023-1513}
 - staging: rtl8712: fix use after free bugs (Dan Carpenter) [Orabug: 35212876] {CVE-2022-4095}
 - staging: rtl8712: rtl8712_cmd.c: fixed comparison to null (Juliana Rodrigues) [Orabug: 35212876] {CVE-2022-4095}
 - wifi: rndis_wlan: Prevent buffer overflow in rndis_query_oid (Szymon Heidrich) [Orabug: 35037715] {CVE-2023-23559}
 - seq_buf: Fix overflow in seq_buf_putmem_hex() (Yun Zhou) [Orabug: 35217595] {CVE-2023-28772}

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-2023-12323.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 175006

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2023-12323.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 5/2/2023

Updated: 10/24/2024

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: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

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: 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

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/OracleLinux, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/local_checks_enabled

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/2/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/10/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-4095, CVE-2023-1513, CVE-2023-23559, CVE-2023-26545, CVE-2023-28772