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Oracle Linux 5 : Important: / kernel (ELSA-2007-0376)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 67502

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 5 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2007-0376 advisory.

 [2.6.18-8.1.6.0.1.el5]
 -Fix bonding primary=ethX so it picks correct network (Bert Barbe) [IT 101532] [ORA 5136660]
 -Add entropy module option to e1000 (John Sobecki) [ORA 6045759]
 -Add entropy module option to bnx2 (John Sobecki) [ORA 6045759]

 [2.6.18.8-1.6.el5]
 - [bluetooth] close information leaks in setsockopt (Marcel Holtmann ) [241862]{CVE-2007-1353}
 - [net] fix memory leak in PPPoE (Neil Horman ) [241863] {CVE-2007-2525}
 - [random] fix seeding of dev/random (Aristeu Rozanski ) [241888]

 [2.6.18-8.1.5.el5]
 - [fs] prevent oops in compat_sys_mount (Jeff Layton ) [240456] {CVE-2006-7203}
 - [e1000] fix watchdog timeout panics (Andy Gospodarek ) [238048]
 - [ext3] return ENOENT from ext3_link when racing with unlink (Eric Sandeen ) [239787]

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-2007-0376.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 67502

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2007-0376.nasl

Version: 1.16

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/12/2013

Updated: 11/1/2024

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2.1

Temporal Score: 1.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2007-1353

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-2007-2525

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-xen, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:5, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:oracleasm-2.6.18-8.1.6.0.1.el5pae, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-pae-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-xen-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:ocfs2-2.6.18-8.1.6.0.1.el5pae, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-pae, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:ocfs2-2.6.18-8.1.6.0.1.el5xen, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:oracleasm-2.6.18-8.1.6.0.1.el5, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:oracleasm-2.6.18-8.1.6.0.1.el5xen, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-headers, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:ocfs2-2.6.18-8.1.6.0.1.el5

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/26/2007

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/24/2007

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2006-7203, CVE-2007-1353, CVE-2007-2453, CVE-2007-2525

BID: 23870, 24390

RHSA: 2007:0376