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Oracle Linux 6 : kernel (ELSA-2013-0496)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 68739

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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-2013-0496 advisory.

 - [virt] xen: Fix stack corruption in xen_failsafe_callback for 32bit PVOPS guests (Andrew Jones) [896050] {CVE-2013-0190}
 - [block] sg_io: use different default filters for each device class (Paolo Bonzini) [875361] {CVE-2012-4542}
 - [block] sg_io: prepare for adding per-device-type filters (Paolo Bonzini) [875361] {CVE-2012-4542}
 - [virt] kvm: invalid opcode oops on SET_SREGS with OSXSAVE bit set (Petr Matousek) [862904] {CVE-2012-4461}
 - [fs] exec: do not leave bprm->interp on stack (Josh Poimboeuf) [880146] {CVE-2012-4530}
 - [fs] exec: use -ELOOP for max recursion depth (Josh Poimboeuf) [880146] {CVE-2012-4530}
 - [kernel] kmod: make __request_module() killable (Oleg Nesterov) [819529] {CVE-2012-4398}
 - [kernel] kmod: introduce call_modprobe() helper (Oleg Nesterov) [819529] {CVE-2012-4398}
 - [kernel] usermodehelper: implement UMH_KILLABLE (Oleg Nesterov) [819529] {CVE-2012-4398}
 - [kernel] usermodehelper: introduce umh_complete(sub_info) (Oleg Nesterov) [819529] {CVE-2012-4398}
 - [kernel] call_usermodehelper: simplify/fix UMH_NO_WAIT case (Oleg Nesterov) [819529] {CVE-2012-4398}
 - [kernel] wait_for_helper: SIGCHLD from user-space can lead to use-after-free (Oleg Nesterov) [819529] {CVE-2012-4398}

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-2013-0496.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 68739

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2013-0496.nasl

Version: 1.17

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/12/2013

Updated: 10/22/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.6

Temporal Score: 4.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2013-0310

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-2013-0309

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/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/OracleLinux

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/27/2013

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/25/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-4508, CVE-2012-4542, CVE-2013-0190, CVE-2013-0309, CVE-2013-0310, CVE-2013-0311

BID: 46616, 52687, 53233, 53414, 53615, 53668, 53965, 53971, 54279, 54365, 54367, 54702, 54763, 55151, 55361, 55878, 56238, 56346, 56414, 57433, 58046, 58052, 58053, 58088

RHSA: 2013:0496