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Oracle Linux 5 : kernel (ELSA-2010-0792)
high Nessus Plugin ID 68125
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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-2010-0792 advisory.[2.6.18-194.17.4.0.1.el5]
- [xen] check to see if hypervisor supports memory reservation change (Chuck Anderson) [orabug 7556514]
- Add entropy support to igb (John Sobecki) [orabug 7607479]
- [nfs] convert ENETUNREACH to ENOTCONN [orabug 7689332]
- [NET] Add xen pv/bonding netconsole support (Tina Yang) [orabug 6993043] [bz 7258]
- [mm] shrink_zone patch (John Sobecki,Chris Mason) [orabug 6086839]
- fix aacraid not to reset during kexec (Joe Jin) [orabug 8516042]
- [nfsd] fix failure of file creation from hpux client (Wen gang Wang) [orabug 7579314]
- [qla] fix qla not to query hccr (Guru Anbalagane) [Orabug 8746702]
- [net] bonding: fix xen+bonding+netconsole panic issue (Joe Jin) [orabug 9504524]
- [rds] Patch rds to 1.4.2-14 (Andy Grover) [orabug 9471572, 9344105] RDS: Fix BUG_ONs to not fire when in a tasklet ipoib: Fix lockup of the tx queue RDS: Do not call set_page_dirty() with irqs off (Sherman Pun) RDS: Properly unmap when getting a remote access error (Tina Yang) RDS: Fix locking in rds_send_drop_to()
- [mm] Enhance shrink_zone patch allow full swap utilization, and also be NUMA-aware (John Sobecki, Chris Mason, Herbert van den Bergh) [orabug 9245919]
- [xen] PVHVM guest with PoD crashes under memory pressure (Chuck Anderson) [orabug 9107465]
- [xen] PV guest with FC HBA hangs during shutdown (Chuck Anderson) [orabug 9764220]
- Support 256GB+ memory for pv guest (Mukesh Rathor) [orabug 9450615]
- fix overcommit memory to use percpu_counter for el5 (KOSAKI Motohiro, Guru Anbalagane) [orabug 6124033]
- [ipmi] make configurable timeouts for kcs of ipmi [orabug 9752208]
- [ib] fix memory corruption (Andy Grover) [orabug 9972346]
[2.6.18-194.17.4.el5]
- [net] rds: fix local privilege escalation (Eugene Teo) [642897 642898] {CVE-2010-3904}
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
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 68125
File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2010-0792.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: Critical
Score: 9.0
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.2
Temporal Score: 6.3
Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2010-3904
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.8
Temporal Score: 7.5
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:H/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-xen, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:ocfs2-2.6.18-194.17.4.0.1.el5, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:oracleasm-2.6.18-194.17.4.0.1.el5debug, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:oracleasm-2.6.18-194.17.4.0.1.el5pae, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-devel, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:5, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-pae-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:ocfs2-2.6.18-194.17.4.0.1.el5pae, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:ocfs2-2.6.18-194.17.4.0.1.el5xen, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-xen-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-pae, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:oracleasm-2.6.18-194.17.4.0.1.el5xen, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:ocfs2-2.6.18-194.17.4.0.1.el5debug, 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:oracleasm-2.6.18-194.17.4.0.1.el5
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: 10/27/2010
Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/6/2010
CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability Due Dates: 6/2/2023
Exploitable With
CANVAS (CANVAS)
Core Impact
Metasploit (Reliable Datagram Sockets (RDS) rds_page_copy_user Privilege Escalation)
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2010-3904
BID: 44219
RHSA: 2010:0792