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Oracle Linux 7 : Unbreakable Enterprise kernel (ELSA-2024-12571)

high Nessus Plugin ID 205005

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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-2024-12571 advisory.

 - crypto: pcrypt - Fix hungtask for PADATA_RESET (Lu Jialin) [Orabug: 36806710] {CVE-2023-52813}
 - usbnet: sanity check for maxpacket (Oliver Neukum) [Orabug: 36806658] {CVE-2021-47495}
 - phonet: fix rtm_phonet_notify() skb allocation (Eric Dumazet) [Orabug: 36683487] {CVE-2024-36946}
 - wifi: nl80211: don't free NULL coalescing rule (Johannes Berg) [Orabug: 36683466] {CVE-2024-36941}
 - bna: ensure the copied buf is NUL terminated (Bui Quang Minh) [Orabug: 36683433] {CVE-2024-36934}
 - bna: use memdup_user to copy userspace buffers (Ivan Vecera) [Orabug: 36683433] {CVE-2024-36934}
 - new helper: memdup_user_nul() (Al Viro) [Orabug: 36683433] {CVE-2024-36934}
 - netfilter: nf_tables: Fix potential data-race in __nft_expr_type_get() (Ziyang Xuan) [Orabug: 36598047] {CVE-2024-27020}
 - netfilter: nf_tables: __nft_expr_type_get() selects specific family type (Pablo Neira Ayuso) [Orabug:
 36598047] {CVE-2024-27020}
 - net/mlx5e: drop shorter ethernet frames (Manjunath Patil) [Orabug: 36879159] {CVE-2024-41090} {CVE-2024-41091}
 - net: usb: smsc75xx: Fix uninit-value access in __smsc75xx_read_reg (Shigeru Yoshida) [Orabug: 36802310] {CVE-2023-52528}
 - usbnet/smsc75xx: silence uninitialized variable warning (Dan Carpenter) {CVE-2023-52528}
 - tty: n_gsm: require CAP_NET_ADMIN to attach N_GSM0710 ldisc (Thadeu Lima de Souza Cascardo) [Orabug:
 36685663] {CVE-2023-52880}
 - netfilter: nf_tables: disallow anonymous set with timeout flag (Pablo Neira Ayuso) [Orabug: 36530112] {CVE-2024-26642}
 - ubi: Check for too small LEB size in VTBL code (Richard Weinberger) [Orabug: 36356637] {CVE-2024-25739}
 - NFS: LOOKUP_DIRECTORY is also ok with symlinks (Trond Myklebust) [Orabug: 33958156] {CVE-2022-24448}

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-2024-12571.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 205005

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2024-12571.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 8/6/2024

Updated: 8/6/2024

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 1.9

Temporal Score: 1.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-24448

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7

Temporal Score: 6.1

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

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-27020

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek-debug-devel, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:7, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek-doc, cpe:/a:oracle:linux:7::uekr4, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek-firmware, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek-debug

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: 8/5/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/4/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-47495, CVE-2022-24448, CVE-2023-52528, CVE-2023-52813, CVE-2023-52880, CVE-2024-25739, CVE-2024-26642, CVE-2024-27020, CVE-2024-36934, CVE-2024-36941, CVE-2024-36946, CVE-2024-41090, CVE-2024-41091