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Oracle Linux 5 / 6 : Unbreakable Enterprise kernel (ELSA-2013-2513)
high Nessus Plugin ID 68850
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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-2013-2513 advisory.- wake_up_process() should be never used to wakeup a TASK_STOPPED/TRACED task (Oleg Nesterov) [Orabug: 16405869] {CVE-2013-0871}
- ptrace: ensure arch_ptrace/ptrace_request can never race with SIGKILL (Oleg Nesterov) [Orabug: 16405869] {CVE-2013-0871}
- ptrace: introduce signal_wake_up_state() and ptrace_signal_wake_up() (Oleg Nesterov) [Orabug: 16405869] {CVE-2013-0871}
- drm/i915: bounds check execbuffer relocation count (Kees Cook) [Orabug:
16482650] {CVE-2013-0913}
- NLS: improve UTF8 -> UTF16 string conversion routine (Alan Stern) [Orabug:
16425571] {CVE-2013-1773}
- x86/msr: Add capabilities check (Alan Cox) [Orabug: 16405007] {CVE-2013-0268}
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: 68850
File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2013-2513.nasl
Version: 1.20
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: 6.7
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.2
Temporal Score: 6
Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2013-0913
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.8
Temporal Score: 7.2
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:F/RL:O/RC:C
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2013-1773
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: 4/11/2013
Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/15/2013