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Oracle Linux 6 : kernel (ELSA-2013-0630)
high Nessus Plugin ID 68789
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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-2013-0630 advisory.- [kernel] utrace: ensure arch_ptrace/ptrace_request can never race with SIGKILL (Oleg Nesterov) [912073 912074] {CVE-2013-0871}
- [x86] msr: Add capabilities check (Nikola Pajkovsky) [908698 908699] {CVE-2013-0268}
- [x86] msr: Remove incorrect, duplicated code in the MSR driver (Nikola Pajkovsky) [908698 908699] {CVE-2013-0268}
- [virt] xen: dont assume ds is usable in xen_iret for 32-bit PVOPS (Andrew Jones) [906310 906311] {CVE-2013-0228}
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: 68789
File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2013-0630.nasl
Version: 1.14
Type: local
Agent: unix
Published: 7/12/2013
Updated: 10/22/2024
Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 6.7
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 6.2
Temporal Score: 4.9
Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2013-0268
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 8.8
Temporal Score: 7.9
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2013-0228
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 Available: true
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 3/12/2013
Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/7/2013
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2013-0228, CVE-2013-0268
RHSA: 2013:0630