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Oracle Linux 9 : kernel (ELSA-2025-0059)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 213989

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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-2025-0059 advisory.

 - mlxsw: spectrum_ipip: Fix memory leak when changing remote IPv6 address (CKI Backport Bot) [RHEL-66899] {CVE-2024-50252}
 - CVE-2024-53122 mptcp: cope racing subflow creation in mptcp_rcv_space_adjust (Patrick Talbert) [RHEL-70083 RHEL-69670] {CVE-2024-53122}
 - perf/aux: Fix AUX buffer serialization (Michael Petlan) [RHEL-67495] {CVE-2024-46713}

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-2025-0059.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 213989

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2025-0059.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/11/2025

Updated: 1/11/2025

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: 4.6

Temporal Score: 3.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-53122

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

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: 1/10/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/13/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-46713, CVE-2024-50208, CVE-2024-50252, CVE-2024-53122