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Oracle Linux 6 / 7 : Unbreakable Enterprise kernel (ELSA-2024-12700)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 207992

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 6 / 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2024-12700 advisory.

 - scsi: lpfc: Fix possible memory leak in lpfc_rcv_padisc() (Justin Tee) [Orabug: 36643241] {CVE-2024-35930}
 - scsi: qla2xxx: Fix command flush on cable pull (Quinn Tran) [Orabug: 36596617] {CVE-2024-26931}
 - i40e: Do not use WQ_MEM_RECLAIM flag for workqueue (Sindhu Devale) [Orabug: 36643519] {CVE-2024-36004}
 - dyndbg: fix old BUG_ON in >control parser (Jim Cromie) [Orabug: 36643340] {CVE-2024-35947}
 - btrfs: send: handle path ref underflow in header iterate_inode_ref() (David Sterba) [Orabug: 36643269] {CVE-2024-35935}
 - ipv6: Fix infinite recursion in fib6_dump_done(). (Kuniyuki Iwashima) [Orabug: 36643095] {CVE-2024-35886}

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-2024-12700.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 207992

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2024-12700.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/1/2024

Updated: 11/5/2024

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.6

Temporal Score: 3.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-36004

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 4.8

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

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-35947

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek-debug-devel, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:7, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek-debug, 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, cpe:/a:oracle:linux:6:10:uekr4_els, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:6

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: 9/27/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/1/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-26931, CVE-2024-35877, CVE-2024-35886, CVE-2024-35930, CVE-2024-35935, CVE-2024-35947, CVE-2024-36004