Oracle Linux 5 : ELSA-2012-0480-1: / kernel (ELSA-2012-04801) (deprecated)

high Nessus Plugin ID 181058

Synopsis

This plugin has been deprecated.

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 5 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ELSA-2012-04801 advisory.

- Double free vulnerability in the xfrm6_tunnel_rcv function in net/ipv6/xfrm6_tunnel.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.22, when the xfrm6_tunnel module is enabled, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (panic) via crafted IPv6 packets. (CVE-2012-1583)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

This plugin has been deprecated as it is a duplicate of oraclelinux_ELSA-2012-0480-1.nasl (plugin ID 68513).

See Also

https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2012-0480-1.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 181058

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2012-04801.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/7/2023

Updated: 10/6/2023

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2012-1583

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/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-xen, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:ocfs2-2.6.18-308.4.1.0.1.el5pae, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-pae-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-xen-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-pae, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:oracleasm-2.6.18-308.4.1.0.1.el5, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:oracleasm-2.6.18-308.4.1.0.1.el5pae, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:oracleasm-2.6.18-308.4.1.0.1.el5debug, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:oracleasm-2.6.18-308.4.1.0.1.el5xen, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-debug-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:ocfs2-2.6.18-308.4.1.0.1.el5, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-debug, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:ocfs2-2.6.18-308.4.1.0.1.el5debug, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-headers, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:ocfs2-2.6.18-308.4.1.0.1.el5xen

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: 4/17/2012

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/17/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-1583