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Oracle Linux 5 / 6 : Unbreakable Enterprise kernel (ELSA-2013-2503)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 68845

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 5 / 6 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2013-2503 advisory.

 - kmod: make __request_module() killable (Oleg Nesterov) [Orabug: 16286305] {CVE-2012-4398}
 - kmod: introduce call_modprobe() helper (Oleg Nesterov) [Orabug: 16286305] {CVE-2012-4398}
 - usermodehelper: implement UMH_KILLABLE (Oleg Nesterov) [Orabug: 16286305] {CVE-2012-4398}
 - usermodehelper: introduce umh_complete(sub_info) (Oleg Nesterov) [Orabug:
 16286305] {CVE-2012-4398}
 - KVM: x86: invalid opcode oops on SET_SREGS with OSXSAVE bit set (CVE-2012-4461) (Jerry Snitselaar) [Orabug: 16286290] {CVE-2012-4461}
 - exec: do not leave bprm->interp on stack (Kees Cook) [Orabug: 16286267] {CVE-2012-4530}
 - exec: use -ELOOP for max recursion depth (Kees Cook) [Orabug: 16286267] {CVE-2012-4530}
 - xen-pciback: rate limit error messages from xen_pcibk_enable_msi{,x}() (Jan Beulich) [Orabug: 16243736] {CVE-2013-0231}
 - Xen: Fix stack corruption in xen_failsafe_callback for 32bit PVOPS guests.
 (Frediano Ziglio) [Orabug: 16274171] {CVE-2013-0190}

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-2013-2503.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 68845

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2013-2503.nasl

Version: 1.17

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: Medium

Score: 4.8

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2.1

Temporal Score: 1.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2012-4530

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:N/I:N/A:H

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2012-4398

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:oracle:linux:5, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek-debug-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek-debug, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek-doc, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek-firmware, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek, 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: 2/7/2013

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/31/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-4398, CVE-2012-4461, CVE-2012-4530, CVE-2013-0190, CVE-2013-0216, CVE-2013-0217, CVE-2013-0231