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Oracle Linux 8 / 9 : Unbreakable Enterprise kernel (ELSA-2023-13043)

high Nessus Plugin ID 186962

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 8 / 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2023-13043 advisory.

 - nvmet-tcp: Fix a possible UAF in queue intialization setup (Sagi Grimberg) [Orabug: 36028025] {CVE-2023-5178}
 - x86: KVM: SVM: always update the x2avic msr interception (Maxim Levitsky) [Orabug: 35857365] {CVE-2023-5090}
 - netfilter: nf_tables: disallow rule removal from chain binding (Pablo Neira Ayuso) [Orabug: 35865117] {CVE-2023-5197}
 - netfilter: ipset: Fix race between IPSET_CMD_CREATE and IPSET_CMD_SWAP (Jozsef Kadlecsik) [Orabug:
 35865151] {CVE-2023-42756}
 - netfilter: nft_set_rbtree: skip sync GC for new elements in this transaction (Pablo Neira Ayuso) [Orabug: 35814389] {CVE-2023-4244}
 - netfilter: nf_tables: adapt set backend to use GC transaction API (Pablo Neira Ayuso) [Orabug: 35814389] {CVE-2023-4244}
 - net: sched: sch_qfq: Fix UAF in qfq_dequeue() (valis) [Orabug: 35814453] {CVE-2023-4921}
 - igb: set max size RX buffer when store bad packet is enabled (Radoslaw Tyl) [Orabug: 35924095] {CVE-2023-45871}
 - igmp: limit igmpv3_newpack() packet size to IP_MAX_MTU (Eric Dumazet) [Orabug: 35923998] {CVE-2023-42752}
 - net/sched: sch_hfsc: Ensure inner classes have fsc curve (Budimir Markovic) [Orabug: 35810514] {CVE-2023-4623}
 - uek-rpm: Disable kernel support for CONFIG_FIREWIRE in OL9 (Yifei Liu) [Orabug: 35493648] {CVE-2023-3159}

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-2023-13043.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 186962

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2023-13043.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 12/15/2023

Updated: 10/22/2024

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: 9

Temporal Score: 7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-5178

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.9

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/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: p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek-container, cpe:/a:oracle:linux:9::developer_uekr7, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:8, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:9:3:baseos_patch, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek-doc, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek-modules-extra, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek-modules, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:9, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek-debug, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek-debug-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:bpftool, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek-debug-core, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek-debug-modules, cpe:/a:oracle:linux:9::uekr7, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek-container-debug, cpe:/a:oracle:linux:8::uekr7, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek-debug-modules-extra, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:9::baseos_latest, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek-core, cpe:/a:oracle:linux:8::developer_uekr7

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: 12/13/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/12/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-3159, CVE-2023-4244, CVE-2023-42752, CVE-2023-42756, CVE-2023-45871, CVE-2023-4623, CVE-2023-4921, CVE-2023-5090, CVE-2023-5178, CVE-2023-5197