Oracle Linux 6 : kernel (ELSA-2012-1304)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 68630

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Synopsis

The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 6 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2012-1304 advisory.

- [net] rds: set correct msg_namelen (Weiping Pan) [822729 822731] {CVE-2012-3430}
- [mm] hugetlb: fix resv_map leak in error path (Motohiro Kosaki) [824350 824351] {CVE-2012-2390}
- [netdrv] dl2k: fix unfiltered netdev rio_ioctl access by users (Jacob Tanenbaum) [818824 818825] {CVE-2012-2313}
- [drm] i915: fix integer overflow in i915_gem_do_execbuffer() (Jacob Tanenbaum) [824561 824563] {CVE-2012-2384}

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.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 68630

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2012-1304.nasl

Version: 1.16

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Oracle Linux Local Security Checks

Published: 7/12/2013

Updated: 10/22/2024

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2.1

Temporal Score: 1.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2012-3430

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.9

Temporal Score: 5.3

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2012-3552

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: 9/25/2012

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/4/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-2313, CVE-2012-2384, CVE-2012-2390, CVE-2012-3430, CVE-2012-3552

BID: 53668, 53965, 53971, 54702, 55359

RHSA: 2012:1304

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