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Oracle Linux 8 : kernel (ELSA-2019-3517)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 180632

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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-2019-3517 advisory.

 - [virt] KVM: coalesced_mmio: add bounds checking (Bandan Das) [1746804] {CVE-2019-14821}
 - [vhost] vhost: make sure log_num < in_num (Eugenio Perez) [1750882] {CVE-2019-14835}
 - [wireless] mwifiex: fix 802.11n/WPA detection (Jarod Wilson) [1714476] {CVE-2019-3846}
 - [net] Bluetooth: Fix faulty expression for minimum encryption key size check (Gopal Tiwari) [1743076] {CVE-2019-9506}
 - [net] Bluetooth: Fix regression with minimum encryption key size alignment (Gopal Tiwari) [1743076] {CVE-2019-9506}
 - [net] Bluetooth: Align minimum encryption key size for LE and BR/EDR connections (Gopal Tiwari) [1743076] {CVE-2019-9506}
 - [bluetooth] Bluetooth: hci_uart: check for missing tty operations (Gopal Tiwari) [1734239] {CVE-2019-10207}
 - [documentation] Documentation: Add swapgs description to the Spectre v1 documentation (Josh Poimboeuf) [1724501] {CVE-2019-1125}
 - [documentation] Documentation: Add section about CPU vulnerabilities for Spectre (Josh Poimboeuf) [1724501] {CVE-2019-1125}
 - [x86] x86/speculation/swapgs: Exclude ATOMs from speculation through SWAPGS (Josh Poimboeuf) [1724501] {CVE-2019-1125}
 - [x86] x86/entry/64: Use JMP instead of JMPQ (Josh Poimboeuf) [1724501] {CVE-2019-1125}
 - [x86] x86/speculation: Enable Spectre v1 swapgs mitigations (Josh Poimboeuf) [1724501] {CVE-2019-1125}
 - [x86] x86/speculation: Prepare entry code for Spectre v1 swapgs mitigations (Josh Poimboeuf) [1724501] {CVE-2019-1125}
 - [x86] x86/cpufeatures: Combine word 11 and 12 into a new scattered features word (Josh Poimboeuf) [1724501] {CVE-2019-1125}
 - [x86] x86/cpufeatures: Carve out CQM features retrieval (Josh Poimboeuf) [1724501] {CVE-2019-1125}
 - [net] sunrpc: make visible processing error in bc_svc_process() ('J. Bruce Fields') [1660823] {CVE-2018-16884}
 - [net] sunrpc: remove unused xpo_prep_reply_hdr callback ('J. Bruce Fields') [1660823] {CVE-2018-16884}
 - [net] sunrpc: remove svc_tcp_bc_class ('J. Bruce Fields') [1660823] {CVE-2018-16884}
 - [net] sunrpc: replace svc_serv->sv_bc_xprt by boolean flag ('J. Bruce Fields') [1660823] {CVE-2018-16884}

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-2019-3517.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 180632

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2019-3517.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/7/2023

Updated: 11/1/2024

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.3

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-10126

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/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-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-debug, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-core, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-abi-whitelists, 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/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/OracleLinux

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/14/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/13/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-1593, CVE-2018-16884, CVE-2018-19854, CVE-2018-19985, CVE-2018-20169, CVE-2019-10126, CVE-2019-10207, CVE-2019-10638, CVE-2019-11599, CVE-2019-11833, CVE-2019-11884, CVE-2019-13233, CVE-2019-14821, CVE-2019-15916, CVE-2019-3459, CVE-2019-3460, CVE-2019-3874, CVE-2019-3882, CVE-2019-3900, CVE-2019-5489, CVE-2019-7222, CVE-2019-9506