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Oracle Linux 5 : kernel (ELSA-2010-0610)

high Nessus Plugin ID 68081

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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-2010-0610 advisory.

 - [fs] xfs: don't let swapext operate on write-only files (Jiri Pirko) [605160 605161] {CVE-2010-2226}
 - [fs] nfs: fix bug in nfsd4 read_buf (Jiri Olsa) [612034 612035] {CVE-2010-2521}
 - [fs] cifs: reject DNS upcall add_key req from userspace (Jeff Layton) [612170 612171] {CVE-2010-2524}
 - [security] keys: new key flag for add_key from userspace (Jeff Layton) [612170 612171] {CVE-2010-2524}
 - [fs] cifs: fix kernel BUG with remote OS/2 server (Jeff Layton) [608587 608588] {CVE-2010-2248}
 - [net] bluetooth: fix possible bad memory access via sysfs (Mauro Carvalho Chehab) [576020 576021] {CVE-2010-1084}
 - [xen] ia64: unset be from the task psr (Andrew Jones) [587475 587477] {CVE-2010-2070}
 - [fs] ext4: MOVE_EXT can't overwrite append-only files (Eric Sandeen) [601007 601008] {CVE-2010-2066}

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-2010-0610.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 68081

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2010-0610.nasl

Version: 1.18

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: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2010-2521

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.8

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

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2010-2524

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:oracleasm-2.6.18-194.11.1.0.1.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:oracleasm-2.6.18-194.11.1.0.1.el5xen, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-pae-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:oracleasm-2.6.18-194.11.1.0.1.el5, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:ocfs2-2.6.18-194.11.1.0.1.el5, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-xen-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-pae, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:ocfs2-2.6.18-194.11.1.0.1.el5xen, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:oracleasm-2.6.18-194.11.1.0.1.el5debug, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:ocfs2-2.6.18-194.11.1.0.1.el5pae, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-debug-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-debug, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:ocfs2-2.6.18-194.11.1.0.1.el5debug, 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: 8/11/2010

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/6/2010

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2010-1084, CVE-2010-2066, CVE-2010-2070, CVE-2010-2226, CVE-2010-2248, CVE-2010-2521, CVE-2010-2524

BID: 38898, 40776, 40920, 41466, 41904, 42242, 42249

RHSA: 2010:0610