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Oracle Linux 5 / 6 : Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel (ELSA-2013-2585)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 71134

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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-2013-2585 advisory.

 - af_key: fix info leaks in notify messages (Mathias Krause) [Orabug: 17837974] {CVE-2013-2234}
 - drivers/cdrom/cdrom.c: use kzalloc() for failing hardware (Jonathan Salwan) [Orabug: 17837971] {CVE-2013-2164}
 - fs/compat_ioctl.c: VIDEO_SET_SPU_PALETTE missing error check (Kees Cook) [Orabug: 17837966] {CVE-2013-1928}
 - Bluetooth: RFCOMM - Fix info leak in ioctl(RFCOMMGETDEVLIST) (Mathias Krause) [Orabug: 17837959] {CVE-2012-6545}
 - Bluetooth: RFCOMM - Fix info leak via getsockname() (Mathias Krause) [Orabug: 17838023] {CVE-2012-6545}
 - llc: Fix missing msg_namelen update in llc_ui_recvmsg() (Mathias Krause) [Orabug: 17837945] {CVE-2013-3231}
 - HID: pantherlord: validate output report details (Kees Cook) [Orabug: 17837942] {CVE-2013-2892}
 - HID: zeroplus: validate output report details (Kees Cook) [Orabug: 17837936] {CVE-2013-2889}
 - NFSv4: Check for buffer length in __nfs4_get_acl_uncached (Sven Wegener) [Orabug: 17837931] {CVE-2013-4591}
 - ansi_cprng: Fix off by one error in non-block size request (Neil Horman) [Orabug: 17837999] {CVE-2013-4345}
 - HID: validate HID report id size (Kees Cook) [Orabug: 17837925] {CVE-2013-2888}

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-2013-2585.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 71134

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2013-2585.nasl

Version: 1.18

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/29/2013

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: 6.2

Temporal Score: 4.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2013-4591

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-2013-2234

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek-headers, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:5, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:ofa-2.6.32-400.33.3.el6uek, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek-debug-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:ofa-2.6.32-400.33.3.el5uek, 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:mlnx_en-2.6.32-400.33.3.el6uekdebug, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:ofa-2.6.32-400.33.3.el6uekdebug, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek-firmware, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:mlnx_en-2.6.32-400.33.3.el6uek, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:ofa-2.6.32-400.33.3.el5uekdebug, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:mlnx_en-2.6.32-400.33.3.el5uek, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:mlnx_en-2.6.32-400.33.3.el5uekdebug, 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 Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/28/2013

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/14/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-6545, CVE-2013-0343, CVE-2013-1928, CVE-2013-2164, CVE-2013-2234, CVE-2013-2888, CVE-2013-2889, CVE-2013-2892, CVE-2013-3231, CVE-2013-4345, CVE-2013-4591

BID: 58795, 58906, 58991, 59390, 60375, 60874, 62042, 62043, 62049, 62740, 63791