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Oracle Linux 5 : kernel (ELSA-2013-1034)

high Nessus Plugin ID 68844

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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-2013-1034 advisory.

 - Revert: [kernel] kmod: make request_module() killable (Frantisek Hrbata) [858752 858753] {CVE-2012-4398}
 - Revert: [kernel] kmod: avoid deadlock from recursive kmod call (Frantisek Hrbata) [858752 858753] {CVE-2012-4398}
 - Revert: [kernel] wait_for_helper: remove unneeded do_sigaction() (Frantisek Hrbata) [858752 858753] {CVE-2012-4398}
 - Revert: [kernel] Fix ____call_usermodehelper errs being silently ignored (Frantisek Hrbata) [858752 858753] {CVE-2012-4398}
 - Revert: [kernel] wait_for_helper: SIGCHLD from u/s cause use-after-free (Frantisek Hrbata) [858752 858753] {CVE-2012-4398}
 - [net] Bluetooth: fix possible info leak in bt_sock_recvmsg() (Radomir Vrbovsky) [955600 955601] {CVE-2013-3224}
 - [net] Bluetooth: HCI & L2CAP information leaks (Jacob Tanenbaum) [922415 922416] {CVE-2012-6544}
 - [misc] signal: use __ARCH_HAS_SA_RESTORER instead of SA_RESTORER (Nikola Pajkovsky) [920503 920504] {CVE-2013-0914}
 - [misc] signal: always clear sa_restorer on execve (Nikola Pajkovsky) [920503 920504] {CVE-2013-0914}
 - [misc] signal: Def __ARCH_HAS_SA_RESTORER for sa_restorer clear (Nikola Pajkovsky) [920503 920504] {CVE-2013-0914}
 - [net] tg3: buffer overflow in VPD firmware parsing (Jacob Tanenbaum) [949939 949940] {CVE-2013-1929}
 - [net] atm: update msg_namelen in vcc_recvmsg() (Nikola Pajkovsky) [955222 955223] {CVE-2013-3222}
 - [net] llc: Fix missing msg_namelen update in llc_ui_recvmsg() (Jesper Brouer) [956096 956097] {CVE-2013-3231}
 - [net] tipc: fix info leaks via msg_name in recv_msg/recv_stream (Jesper Brouer) [956148 956149] {CVE-2013-3235}
 - [net] Bluetooth: RFCOMM Fix info leak in ioctl(RFCOMMGETDEVLIST) (Radomir Vrbovsky) [922406 922407] {CVE-2012-6545}
 - [net] Bluetooth: RFCOMM - Fix info leak via getsockname() (Radomir Vrbovsky) [922406 922407] {CVE-2012-6545}
 - [kernel] wait_for_helper: SIGCHLD from u/s cause use-after-free (Frantisek Hrbata) [858752 858753] {CVE-2012-4398}
 - [kernel] Fix ____call_usermodehelper errs being silently ignored (Frantisek Hrbata) [858752 858753] {CVE-2012-4398}
 - [kernel] wait_for_helper: remove unneeded do_sigaction() (Frantisek Hrbata) [858752 858753] {CVE-2012-4398}
 - [kernel] kmod: avoid deadlock from recursive kmod call (Frantisek Hrbata) [858752 858753] {CVE-2012-4398}
 - [kernel] kmod: make request_module() killable (Frantisek Hrbata) [858752 858753] {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-2013-1034.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 68844

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2013-1034.nasl

Version: 1.14

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: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.9

Temporal Score: 3.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2013-3235

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.7

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:P/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2013-3231

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:oracleasm-2.6.18-348.12.1.el5debug, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:ocfs2-2.6.18-348.12.1.el5pae, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-xen, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:oracleasm-2.6.18-348.12.1.el5xen, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:5, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:ocfs2-2.6.18-348.12.1.el5debug, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:ocfs2-2.6.18-348.12.1.el5xen, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-pae-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:oracleasm-2.6.18-348.12.1.el5, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-xen-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:ocfs2-2.6.18-348.12.1.el5, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-pae, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:oracleasm-2.6.18-348.12.1.el5pae, 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: 7/11/2013

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/15/2013

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-6544, CVE-2012-6545, CVE-2013-0914, CVE-2013-1929, CVE-2013-3222, CVE-2013-3224, CVE-2013-3231, CVE-2013-3235

BID: 55361, 58426, 58908, 58990, 58991, 59377, 59383, 59390, 59393

RHSA: 2013:1034