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Oracle Linux 9 : kernel (ELSA-2024-10939)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 212672

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2024-10939 advisory.

 - net/smc: fix illegal rmb_desc access in SMC-D connection dump (Steve Best) [RHEL-65436 RHEL-27748] {CVE-2024-26615}
 - netfilter: nft_payload: sanitize offset and length before calling skb_checksum() (CKI Backport Bot) [RHEL-66856] {CVE-2024-50251}
 - net: avoid potential underflow in qdisc_pkt_len_init() with UFO (CKI Backport Bot) [RHEL-65401] {CVE-2024-49949}
 - block: initialize integrity buffer to zero before writing it to media (Ming Lei) [RHEL-58761 RHEL-54768] {CVE-2024-43854}
 - iommu: Restore lost return in iommu_report_device_fault() (CKI Backport Bot) [RHEL-67364] {CVE-2024-44994}
 - selinux,smack: don't bypass permissions check in inode_setsecctx hook (Ondrej Mosnacek) [RHEL-66106] {CVE-2024-46695}

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-2024-10939.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 212672

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2024-10939.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 12/12/2024

Updated: 12/12/2024

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.2

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-46695

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.4

Temporal Score: 3.9

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-debug, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-debug-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-headers, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-tools, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-tools-libs, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-tools-libs-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:perf, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:bpftool, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-core, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-cross-headers, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-debug-core, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-debug-modules, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-debug-modules-extra, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-modules, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-modules-extra, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:python3-perf, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-abi-stablelists, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:9, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-debug-devel-matched, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-devel-matched, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-debug-modules-core, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-debug-uki-virt, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-modules-core, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uki-virt, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:rtla, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:9::baseos_latest, cpe:/a:oracle:linux:9::appstream, cpe:/a:oracle:linux:9::codeready_builder, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libperf, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:rv, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uki-virt-addons, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:9:5:baseos_patch

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: 12/11/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/29/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-26615, CVE-2024-43854, CVE-2024-44994, CVE-2024-45018, CVE-2024-46695, CVE-2024-49949, CVE-2024-50251