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Oracle Linux 5 / 6 : unbreakable enterprise kernel (ELSA-2013-2538)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 68978

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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-2013-2538 advisory.

 - Bluetooth: RFCOMM - Fix missing msg_namelen update in rfcomm_sock_recvmsg() (Mathias Krause) [Orabug:
 17173830] {CVE-2013-3225}
 - Bluetooth: fix possible info leak in bt_sock_recvmsg() (Mathias Krause) [Orabug: 17173830] {CVE-2013-3224}
 - atm: update msg_namelen in vcc_recvmsg() (Mathias Krause) [Orabug: 17173830] {CVE-2013-3222}
 - rtnl: fix info leak on RTM_GETLINK request for VF devices (Mathias Krause) [Orabug: 17173830] {CVE-2013-2635}
 - dcbnl: fix various netlink info leaks (Mathias Krause) [Orabug: 17173830] {CVE-2013-2634}
 - udf: avoid info leak on export (Mathias Krause) [Orabug: 17173830] {CVE-2012-6548}
 - tracing: Fix possible NULL pointer dereferences (Namhyung Kim) [Orabug: 17173830] {CVE-2013-3301}
 - b43: stop format string leaking into error msgs (Kees Cook) [Orabug: 17173830] {CVE-2013-2852}

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-2013-2538.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 68978

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2013-2538.nasl

Version: 1.20

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/19/2013

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: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 5.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2013-3301

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-2013-2635

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/OracleLinux, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/local_checks_enabled

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/18/2013

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/5/2013

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-6548, CVE-2013-0914, CVE-2013-2634, CVE-2013-2635, CVE-2013-2852, CVE-2013-3222, CVE-2013-3224, CVE-2013-3225, CVE-2013-3301

BID: 58426, 58597, 58994, 59055, 59377, 59383, 59385, 60410