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Oracle Linux 5 : kernel (ELSA-2012-1445)

high Nessus Plugin ID 68654

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Synopsis

The remote Oracle Linux host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 5 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ELSA-2012-1445 advisory.

 - Revert: [x86] mm: randomize SHLIB_BASE (Dave Anderson) [804953 804954] {CVE-2012-1568}
 - [fs] ext4: fix undefined bit shift result in ext4_fill_flex_info (Eric Sandeen) [809688 809689] {CVE-2012-2100}
 - [fs] ext4: fix undefined behavior in ext4_fill_flex_info (Eric Sandeen) [809688 809689] {CVE-2012-2100}
 - [x86] mm: randomize SHLIB_BASE (Dave Anderson) [804953 804954] {CVE-2012-1568}
 - [xen] x86: change the default behaviour of CVE-2012-2934 fix (Petr Matousek) [859946 858724]

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-2012-1445.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 68654

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2012-1445.nasl

Version: 1.15

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/12/2013

Updated: 11/1/2024

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.1

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2012-2100

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:ocfs2-2.6.18-308.20.1.el5, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-xen, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:ocfs2-2.6.18-308.20.1.el5pae, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:oracleasm-2.6.18-308.20.1.el5xen, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:5, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:oracleasm-2.6.18-308.20.1.el5, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:oracleasm-2.6.18-308.20.1.el5pae, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-pae-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:ocfs2-2.6.18-308.20.1.el5xen, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-xen-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-pae, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:ocfs2-2.6.18-308.20.1.el5debug, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:oracleasm-2.6.18-308.20.1.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 Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/15/2012

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/3/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-2100

BID: 52687, 53414, 53961

RHSA: 2012:1445