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Oracle Linux 5 : Moderate: / kernel (ELSA-2007-0595)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 67537

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Synopsis

The remote Oracle Linux host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 5 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ELSA-2007-0595 advisory.

 [2.6.18-8.1.8.0.1.el5]
 -Fix bonding primary=ethX (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]

 [2.6.18-8.1.8.el5]
 - [ppc64] Fix FP corruption in signal return path (Konrad Rzeszutek ) [245580]

 [2.6.18-8.1.7.el5]
 - [ide] Serverworks data corruptor (Alan Cox ) [242994]

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Oracle Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue 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-2007-0595.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 67537

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2007-0595.nasl

Version: 1.16

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/12/2013

Updated: 11/1/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2.1

Temporal Score: 1.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2007-3107

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:ocfs2-2.6.18-8.1.8.0.1.el5pae, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-xen, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:5, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:ocfs2-2.6.18-8.1.8.0.1.el5, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:oracleasm-2.6.18-8.1.8.0.1.el5pae, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-pae-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-xen-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:oracleasm-2.6.18-8.1.8.0.1.el5xen, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-pae, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:oracleasm-2.6.18-8.1.8.0.1.el5, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:ocfs2-2.6.18-8.1.8.0.1.el5xen, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-headers, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel

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: 7/11/2007

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/10/2007

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2007-3107

BID: 24845

RHSA: 2007:0595