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Oracle Linux 5 : Unbreakable Enterprise kernel (ELSA-2018-4246)

high Nessus Plugin ID 180863

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 5 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2018-4246 advisory.

 - Fix up non-directory creation in SGID directories (Linus Torvalds) [Orabug: 28459479] {CVE-2018-13405}
 - ALSA: seq: Make ioctls race-free (Takashi Iwai) [Orabug: 28459730] {CVE-2018-7566}
 - rds: CVE-2018-7492: Fix NULL pointer dereference in __rds_rdma_map (Hakon Bugge) [Orabug: 28539910] {CVE-2018-7492}
 - cdrom: Fix info leak/OOB read in cdrom_ioctl_drive_status (Scott Bauer) [Orabug: 28664549] {CVE-2018-16658}
 - ACPICA: acpi: acpica: fix acpi operand cache leak in nseval.c (Seunghun Han) [Orabug: 28664580] {CVE-2017-13695}

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-2018-4246.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 180863

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2018-4246.nasl

Version: 1.2

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: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.6

Temporal Score: 3.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-7566

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-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek-debug, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek-doc, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek-firmware, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek

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: 10/10/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/25/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-13695, CVE-2018-16658, CVE-2018-7492, CVE-2018-7566