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Oracle Linux 5 : kernel (ELSA-2013-0747)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 68809

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 5 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2013-0747 advisory.

 - [virt] xen-netback: backports (Andrew Jones) [910884 910885] {CVE-2013-0216}
 - [virt] xen-netback: netif_schedulable should take a netif (Andrew Jones) [910884 910885] {CVE-2013-0216}
 - [virt] pciback: rate limit error mess from pciback_enable_msi() (Igor Mammedov) [910876 910877] {CVE-2013-0231}
 - [net] xfrm_user: fix info leak in copy_to_user_state() (Thomas Graf) [922426 922427] {CVE-2012-6537}
 - [net] xfrm_user: fix info leak in copy_to_user_policy() (Thomas Graf) [922426 922427] {CVE-2012-6537}
 - [net] xfrm_user: fix info leak in copy_to_user_tmpl() (Thomas Graf) [922426 922427] {CVE-2012-6537}
 - [net] atm: fix info leak in getsockopt(SO_ATMPVC) (Thomas Graf) [922384 922385] {CVE-2012-6546}
 - [net] atm: fix info leak via getsockname() (Thomas Graf) [922384 922385] {CVE-2012-6546}
 - [net] tun: fix ioctl() based info leaks (Thomas Graf) [922348 922349] {CVE-2012-6547}
 - [net] llc, zero sockaddr_llc struct (Thomas Graf) [922327 922329] {CVE-2012-6542}
 - [net] llc: fix info leak via getsockname() (Thomas Graf) [922327 922329] {CVE-2012-6542}
 - [net] xfrm_user: return error pointer instead of NULL (Thomas Graf) [919386 919387] {CVE-2013-1826}

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-2013-0747.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 68809

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2013-0747.nasl

Version: 1.15

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: 5.9

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-2013-1826

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 5

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

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2012-6547

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:oracleasm-2.6.18-348.4.1.el5, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:oracleasm-2.6.18-348.4.1.el5xen, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-xen, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:ocfs2-2.6.18-348.4.1.el5xen, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:5, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:ocfs2-2.6.18-348.4.1.el5, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-pae-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:ocfs2-2.6.18-348.4.1.el5pae, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-xen-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-pae, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:ocfs2-2.6.18-348.4.1.el5debug, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-debug-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:oracleasm-2.6.18-348.4.1.el5pae, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-debug, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:oracleasm-2.6.18-348.4.1.el5debug, 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: 4/18/2013

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/12/2013

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-6537, CVE-2012-6542, CVE-2012-6546, CVE-2012-6547, CVE-2013-0216, CVE-2013-0231, CVE-2013-1826

BID: 57740, 57743, 58381, 58977, 58989, 58992, 58996

RHSA: 2013:0747