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Oracle Linux 5 : kernel (ELSA-2013-1449)

high Nessus Plugin ID 70575

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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-2013-1449 advisory.

 - [xen] x86: check segment descriptor read result in 64-bit OUTS emulation (Radim Krcmar) [1012958 1012959] {CVE-2013-4368}
 - [md] dm snapshot: fix data corruption (Mikulas Patocka) [1004734 975353] {CVE-2013-4299}
 - [crypto] ansi_cprng fix off by one err in non-block size request (Neil Horman) [1007692 1007693] {CVE-2013-4345}
 - [net] ipv6: ipv6_create_tempaddr cleanup (Petr Holasek) [999361 999362] {CVE-2013-0343}

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-2013-1449.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 70575

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2013-1449.nasl

Version: 1.19

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/24/2013

Updated: 11/1/2024

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6

Temporal Score: 4.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2013-4299

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-2013-4345

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-xen, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:5, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:ocfs2-2.6.18-371.1.2.el5xen, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-pae-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:oracleasm-2.6.18-371.1.2.el5pae, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:oracleasm-2.6.18-371.1.2.el5debug, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-xen-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-pae, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:oracleasm-2.6.18-371.1.2.el5xen, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:oracleasm-2.6.18-371.1.2.el5, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-debug-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:ocfs2-2.6.18-371.1.2.el5debug, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:ocfs2-2.6.18-371.1.2.el5pae, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-debug, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-headers, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:ocfs2-2.6.18-371.1.2.el5

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: 10/23/2013

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/28/2013

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2013-0343, CVE-2013-4299, CVE-2013-4345, CVE-2013-4368

BID: 58795, 62740, 62935, 63183

RHSA: 2013:1449