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Oracle Linux 5 : kernel (ELSA-2011-0429)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 68252

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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-2011-0429 advisory.

 - [fs] nfs: fix use of slab alloc'd pages in skb frag list (Neil Horman) [682642 682643] {CVE-2011-1090}
 - [s390] remove task_show_regs (Danny Feng) [677852 677853] {CVE-2011-0710}
 - [fs] partitions: Validate map_count in Mac part tables (Danny Feng) [679283 679284] {CVE-2011-1010}
 - [media] dvb: fix av7110 negative array offset (Mauro Carvalho Chehab) [672401 672402] {CVE-2011-0521}
 - [mm] fix install_special_mapping skips security_file_mmap (Frantisek Hrbata) [662196 662197] {CVE-2010-4346}

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-2011-0429.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 68252

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2011-0429.nasl

Version: 1.16

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: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2011-0521

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 4.8

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:U/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2011-1090

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:ocfs2-2.6.18-238.9.1.0.1.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-2.6.18-238.9.1.0.1.el5, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-pae-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:ocfs2-2.6.18-238.9.1.0.1.el5xen, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:ocfs2-2.6.18-238.9.1.0.1.el5debug, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:oracleasm-2.6.18-238.9.1.0.1.el5xen, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-xen-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:ocfs2-2.6.18-238.9.1.0.1.el5, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-pae, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-debug-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:oracleasm-2.6.18-238.9.1.0.1.el5pae, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:oracleasm-2.6.18-238.9.1.0.1.el5debug, 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 Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/15/2011

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/22/2010

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2010-4346, CVE-2011-0521, CVE-2011-0710, CVE-2011-1010, CVE-2011-1090, CVE-2011-1478

BID: 45323, 45986, 46421, 46492, 46766, 47056

RHSA: 2011:0429