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Oracle Linux 5 : kernel (ELSA-2010-0504)

high Nessus Plugin ID 68056

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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-2010-0504 advisory.

 - [fs] gfs2: fix permissions checking for setflags ioctl (Steven Whitehouse) [595580 595399] {CVE-2010-1641}
 - [misc] keys: do not find already freed keyrings (Vitaly Mayatskikh) [585099 585100] {CVE-2010-1437}
 - [misc] futex: handle futex value corruption gracefully (Jerome Marchand) [563093 480396] {CVE-2010-0622}
 - [misc] futex: handle user space corruption gracefully (Jerome Marchand) [563093 480396] {CVE-2010-0622}
 - [misc] futex: fix fault handling in futex_lock_pi (Jerome Marchand) [563093 480396] {CVE-2010-0622}
 - [net] sctp: fix skb_over_panic w/too many unknown params (Neil Horman) [584657 584658] {CVE-2010-1173}
 - [mm] keep get_unmapped_area_prot functional (Danny Feng) [556709 556710] {CVE-2010-0291}
 - [mm] switch do_brk to get_unmapped_area (Danny Feng) [556709 556710] {CVE-2010-0291}
 - [mm] take arch_mmap_check into get_unmapped_area (Danny Feng) [556709 556710] {CVE-2010-0291}
 - [mm] get rid of open-coding in ia64_brk (Danny Feng) [556709 556710] {CVE-2010-0291}
 - [mm] unify sys_mmap* functions (Danny Feng) [556709 556710] {CVE-2010-0291}
 - [mm] kill ancient cruft in s390 compat mmap (Danny Feng) [556709 556710] {CVE-2010-0291}
 - [mm] fix pgoff in have to relocate case of mremap (Danny Feng) [556709 556710] {CVE-2010-0291}
 - [mm] fix the arch checks in MREMAP_FIXED case (Danny Feng) [556709 556710] {CVE-2010-0291}
 - [mm] fix checks for expand-in-place mremap (Danny Feng) [556709 556710] {CVE-2010-0291}
 - [mm] add new vma_expandable helper function (Danny Feng) [556709 556710] {CVE-2010-0291}
 - [mm] move MREMAP_FIXED into its own header (Danny Feng) [556709 556710] {CVE-2010-0291}
 - [mm] move locating vma code and checks on it (Danny Feng) [556709 556710] {CVE-2010-0291}
 - [net] tipc: fix various oopses in uninitialized code (Neil Horman) [578058 558693] {CVE-2010-1187}
 - [fs] vfs: fix LOOKUP_FOLLOW on automount symlinks (Jeff Layton) [567815 567816] {CVE-2010-1088}
 - [nfs] fix an oops when truncating a file (Jeff Layton) [567194 567195] {CVE-2010-1087}

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-2010-0504.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 68056

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2010-0504.nasl

Version: 1.21

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: High

Score: 8.5

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.6

Temporal Score: 4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2010-1641

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7

Temporal Score: 6.7

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

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2010-1437

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:ocfs2-2.6.18-194.8.1.0.1.el5xen, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-xen, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:5, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:oracleasm-2.6.18-194.8.1.0.1.el5, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:oracleasm-2.6.18-194.8.1.0.1.el5debug, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:oracleasm-2.6.18-194.8.1.0.1.el5xen, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:oracleasm-2.6.18-194.8.1.0.1.el5pae, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:ocfs2-2.6.18-194.8.1.0.1.el5, 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, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-pae-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:ocfs2-2.6.18-194.8.1.0.1.el5debug, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-xen-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:ocfs2-2.6.18-194.8.1.0.1.el5pae, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-pae

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: 7/2/2010

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/15/2010

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2010-0291, CVE-2010-0622, CVE-2010-1087, CVE-2010-1088, CVE-2010-1173, CVE-2010-1187, CVE-2010-1436, CVE-2010-1437, CVE-2010-1641

BID: 37906, 38165, 39044, 39120, 39569, 39719, 39794, 40356

RHSA: 2010:0504