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Oracle Linux 7 : Unbreakable Enterprise kernel-container (ELSA-2024-12551)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 204669

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2024-12551 advisory.

 [5.4.17-2136.333.5.1.el7]
 - net/mlx5e: drop shorter ethernet frames (Manjunath Patil) [Orabug: 36660755]
 - pci: add hotplug patch support for SOLIDIGM Aura10 AIC 0x025e:0x0b60 (Alan Adamson) [Orabug: 36836653]

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 kernel-uek-container and / or kernel-uek-container-debug packages.

See Also

https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2024-12551.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 204669

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2024-12551.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/24/2024

Updated: 7/24/2024

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-41091

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.1

Temporal Score: 7.9

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:oracle:linux:7, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek-container, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek-container-debug, cpe:/a:oracle:linux:7::uekr6

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/OracleLinux

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/23/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/23/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-41090, CVE-2024-41091