Oracle Linux 7 : Unbreakable Enterprise kernel (ELSA-2024-12814)

high Nessus Plugin ID 210878

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-2024-12814 advisory.

- filelock: Fix fcntl/close race recovery compat path (Jann Horn) [Orabug: 36874759] {CVE-2024-41012} {CVE-2024-41020}
- jfs: don't walk off the end of ealist (lei lu) [Orabug: 36891668] {CVE-2024-41017}
- ocfs2: add bounds checking to ocfs2_check_dir_entry() (lei lu) [Orabug: 36891656] {CVE-2024-41015}
- filelock: Remove locks reliably when fcntl/close race is detected (Jann Horn) [Orabug: 36874759] {CVE-2024-41012} {CVE-2024-41020}
- hfsplus: fix uninit-value in copy_name (Edward Adam Davis) [Orabug: 36896970] {CVE-2024-41059}
- Bluetooth: hci_core: cancel all works upon hci_unregister_dev() (Tetsuo Handa) [Orabug: 36896995] {CVE-2024-41063}
- s390/sclp: Fix sclp_init() cleanup on failure (Heiko Carstens) [Orabug: 36897034] {CVE-2024-41068}
- wifi: cfg80211: wext: add extra SIOCSIWSCAN data check (Dmitry Antipov) [Orabug: 36897313] {CVE-2024-41072}
- ila: block BH in ila_output() (Eric Dumazet) [Orabug: 36897361] {CVE-2024-41081}

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-2024-12814.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 210878

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2024-12814.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/12/2024

Updated: 11/12/2024

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.2

Temporal Score: 4.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-41059

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.1

Temporal Score: 6.4

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:oracle:linux:7, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek-debug, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek-debug-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek-doc, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek-headers, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:perf, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:python-perf, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek-tools, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek-tools-libs, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek-tools-libs-devel, cpe:/a:oracle:linux:7:9:patch, cpe:/a:oracle:linux:7::latest, cpe:/a:oracle:linux:7::optional_latest, cpe:/a:oracle:linux:7::uekr5, cpe:/a:oracle:linux:7::developer_uekr5

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/11/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/23/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-41012, CVE-2024-41015, CVE-2024-41017, CVE-2024-41020, CVE-2024-41059, CVE-2024-41063, CVE-2024-41068, CVE-2024-41072, CVE-2024-41081