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Oracle Linux 5 / 6 : Unbreakable Enterprise kernel (ELSA-2019-4317)

high Nessus Plugin ID 180641

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 5 / 6 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2019-4317 advisory.

 - ipv6: tcp: add rcu locking in tcp_v6_send_synack() (Eric Dumazet) [Orabug: 25059185] {CVE-2016-3841}
 - ipv6: add complete rcu protection around np->opt (Eric Dumazet) [Orabug: 25059185] {CVE-2016-3841}
 - scsi: qla2xxx: Fix an integer overflow in sysfs code (Dan Carpenter) [Orabug: 28220492] {CVE-2017-14051}
 - ext4: fail ext4_iget for root directory if unallocated (Theodore Ts'o) [Orabug: 28220543] {CVE-2018-1092} {CVE-2018-1092}
 - ALSA: seq: Fix regression by incorrect ioctl_mutex usages (Takashi Iwai) [Orabug: 29005191] {CVE-2018-1000004}
 - netfilter: xt_osf: Add missing permission checks (Kevin Cernekee) [Orabug: 29037833] {CVE-2017-17450}
 - HID: debug: check length before copy_to_user() (Daniel Rosenberg) [Orabug: 29128174] {CVE-2018-9516}

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-2019-4317.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 180641

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2019-4317.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/7/2023

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: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 5.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-9516

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 7

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:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:oracle:linux:5, 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, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek, 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: 1/4/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/1/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-3841, CVE-2017-14051, CVE-2017-17450, CVE-2017-18079, CVE-2018-1000004, CVE-2018-1092, CVE-2018-9516