Oracle Linux 5 : Important: / kernel (ELSA-2007-0993)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 67595

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-2007-0993 advisory.

- CVE-2007-4571 ALSA memory disclosure flaw
- Tick divider bugs on x86_64
- CVE-2007-5494 open(O_ATOMICLOOKUP) leaks dentry
- [PATCH] jbd: wait for already submitted t_sync_datalist buffer to complete (Possibility of in-place data destruction)
- LSPP: audit rule causes kernel 'out of memory' condition and auditd failure
- [EL5][BUG] Unexpected SIGILL on NFS/Montecito(ia64)
- task->mm or slab corruption with CIFS
- CVE-2007-4997 kernel ieee80211 off-by-two integer underflow
- LSPP: audit enable not picking up all processes
- [Broadcom 5.1.z bug] Performance regression on 5705 TG3 NICs
- LTC35628-kexec/kdump kernel hung on Power5+ and Power6 based systems
- LTC38135-vSCSI client reports 'Device sdX not ready' after deactive/active device on vSCSI server
- forcedeth driver mishandles MSI interrupts under high load

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-2007-0993.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 67595

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2007-0993.nasl

Version: 1.17

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: Medium

Score: 4.4

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-2007-4571

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-xen, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:5, 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:kernel-pae, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-debug-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-debug, 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 Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/30/2007

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/26/2007

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2007-4571, CVE-2007-4997, CVE-2007-5494

BID: 25807, 26337

RHSA: 2007:0993