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Oracle Linux 6 : kernel (ELSA-2011-1849)

high Nessus Plugin ID 68411

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Synopsis

The remote Oracle Linux host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 6 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ELSA-2011-1849 advisory.

 - [dm] fixing test for NULL pointer testing (Paolo Bonzini) [752379 752380] {CVE-2011-4127}
 - [dm] do not forward ioctls from logical volumes to the underlying device (Paolo Bonzini) [752379 752380] {CVE-2011-4127}
 - [block] fail SCSI passthrough ioctls on partition devices (Paolo Bonzini) [752379 752380] {CVE-2011-4127}
 - [block] add and use scsi_blk_cmd_ioctl (Paolo Bonzini) [752379 752380] {CVE-2011-4127}

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

https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2011-1849.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 68411

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2011-1849.nasl

Version: 1.16

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/12/2013

Updated: 10/23/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.6

Temporal Score: 3.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2011-4127

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 7

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:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:perf, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-firmware, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:python-perf, 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, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:6

Required KB Items: Host/OracleLinux, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/local_checks_enabled

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/22/2011

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/22/2011

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2011-4127

BID: 51176

RHSA: 2011:1849