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Oracle Linux 5 / 6 : Unbreakable Enterprise kernel (ELSA-2011-2038)
high Nessus Plugin ID 68426
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Synopsis
The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates.Description
The remote Oracle Linux 5 / 6 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2011-2038 advisory.- [dm] do not forward ioctls from logical volumes to the underlying device (Joe Jin) {CVE-2011-4127}
- [block] fail SCSI passthrough ioctls on partition devices (Joe Jin) {CVE-2011-4127}
- [block] add and use scsi_blk_cmd_ioctl (Joe Jin) {CVE-2011-4127}
- [net] gro: reset vlan_tci on reuse (Dan Carpenter) {CVE-2011-1576}
- [net] rose: Add length checks to CALL_REQUEST parsing (Ben Hutchings) {CVE-2011-1493}
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
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 68426
File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2011-2038.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: 6.7
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.5
Temporal Score: 5.9
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2011-1493
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.1
Temporal Score: 6.4
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2011-1576
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek-headers, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:5, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:mlnx_en-2.6.32-300.4.1.el6uekdebug, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek-debug-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek-debug, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:ofa-2.6.32-300.4.1.el6uekdebug, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:ofa-2.6.32-300.4.1.el5uekdebug, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek-doc, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek-firmware, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:mlnx_en-2.6.32-300.4.1.el6uek, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:ofa-2.6.32-300.4.1.el6uek, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:ofa-2.6.32-300.4.1.el5uek, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:6
Required KB Items: Host/OracleLinux, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/local_checks_enabled
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 12/23/2011
Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/21/2011