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Oracle Linux 6 : Unbreakable Enterprise kernel (ELSA-2023-12565)

high Nessus Plugin ID 177931

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 6 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2023-12565 advisory.

 - firewire: fix potential uaf in outbound_phy_packet_callback() (Chengfeng Ye) [Orabug: 35493606] {CVE-2023-3159}
 - ath9k: fix use-after-free in ath9k_hif_usb_rx_cb (Pavel Skripkin) [Orabug: 35448003] {CVE-2022-1679}
 - dm ioctl: fix nested locking in table_clear() to remove deadlock concern (Mike Snitzer) [Orabug:
 35354880] {CVE-2023-2269}
 - media: rc: Fix use-after-free bugs caused by ene_tx_irqsim() (Duoming Zhou) [Orabug: 35181652] {CVE-2023-1118}
 - misc: sgi-gru: fix use-after-free error in gru_set_context_option, gru_fault and gru_handle_user_call_os (Zheng Wang) [Orabug: 35180779] {CVE-2022-3424}
 - ext4: avoid a potential slab-out-of-bounds in ext4_group_desc_csum (Tudor Ambarus) [Orabug: 35457204] {CVE-2023-34256}

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-2023-12565.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 177931

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2023-12565.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/4/2023

Updated: 10/22/2024

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-1679

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-2023-1118

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek-debug-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek-debug, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek-doc, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek-firmware, cpe:/a:oracle:linux:6:10:uekr4_els, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:6

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/OracleLinux

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/4/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/30/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-1679, CVE-2022-20141, CVE-2022-3424, CVE-2023-1118, CVE-2023-2269, CVE-2023-3159, CVE-2023-34256