Oracle Linux 5 : Unbreakable enterprise kernel (ELSA-2010-2011)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 68175

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-2010-2011 advisory.

- [sctp] Do not reset the packet during sctp_packet_con[CVE-2010-3432]
- [drm/i915] Sanity check pread/pwrite [CVE-2010-2962]
- [wireless] fix kernel heap content leak [CVE-2010-2955]
- [sctp] Fix out-of-bounds reading in sctp_asoc_get_hmac() [CVE-2010-3705]
- [niu] Fix kernel buffer overflow for ETHTOOL_GRXCLSRLALL [CVE-2010-3084]
- Fix pktcdvd ioctl dev_minor range check [CVE-2010-3437]
- Do not allow llseek to set_ftrace_filter [CVE-2010-3079]
- [kvm] Fix fs/gs reload oops with invalid ldt [CVE-2010-3698]
- [alsa] prevent heap corruption in snd_ctl_new() [CVE-2010-3442]

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-2010-2011.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 68175

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2010-2011.nasl

Version: 1.16

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/12/2013

Updated: 10/22/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.3

Temporal Score: 7.2

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2010-3705

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 5.3

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:H/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2010-3079

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:ofa-2.6.32-100.24.1.el5, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:5, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-firmware, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:ofa-2.6.32-100.24.1.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

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: 12/15/2010

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/8/2010

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2010-2955, CVE-2010-2962, CVE-2010-3079, CVE-2010-3084, CVE-2010-3432, CVE-2010-3437, CVE-2010-3442, CVE-2010-3698, CVE-2010-3705