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Oracle Linux 6 : kernel (ELSA-2014-0771)

high Nessus Plugin ID 76155

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 6 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2014-0771 advisory.

 - [kernel] futex: Make lookup_pi_state more robust (Jerome Marchand) [1104516 1104517] {CVE-2014-3153}
 - [kernel] futex: Always cleanup owner tid in unlock_pi (Jerome Marchand) [1104516 1104517] {CVE-2014-3153}
 - [kernel] futex: Validate atomic acquisition in futex_lock_pi_atomic() (Jerome Marchand) [1104516 1104517] {CVE-2014-3153}
 - [kernel] futex: prevent requeue pi on same futex (Jerome Marchand) [1104516 1104517] {CVE-2014-3153}
 - [block] floppy: don't write kernel-only members to FDRAWCMD ioctl output (Denys Vlasenko) [1094308 1094310] {CVE-2014-1738 CVE-2014-1737}
 - [block] floppy: ignore kernel-only members in FDRAWCMD ioctl input (Denys Vlasenko) [1094308 1094310] {CVE-2014-1738 CVE-2014-1737}
 - [fs] vfs: fix autofs/afs/etc magic mountpoint breakage (Frantisek Hrbata) [1094370 1079347] {CVE-2014-0203}
 - [char] n_tty: Fix n_tty_write crash when echoing in raw mode (Aristeu Rozanski) [1094236 1094237] {CVE-2014-0196}
 - [security] selinux: Fix kernel BUG on empty security contexts (Paul Moore) [1062502 1064545] {CVE-2014-1874}
 - [netdrv] libertas: potential oops in debugfs (Denys Vlasenko) [1034176 1034177] {CVE-2013-6378}
 - [s390] fix kernel crash due to linkage stack instructions (Hendrik Brueckner) [1067678 1067679] {CVE-2014-2039}

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-2014-0771.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 76155

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2014-0771.nasl

Version: 1.25

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/20/2014

Updated: 10/22/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Critical

Score: 9.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 6.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2014-3153

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 7.5

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:H/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2014-0203

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-abi-whitelists, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:perf, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-firmware, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:python-perf, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-debug-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-debug, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-headers, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel, 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: 6/19/2014

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/22/2013

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability Due Dates: 6/15/2022

Exploitable With

CANVAS (CANVAS)

Core Impact

Metasploit (Android Towelroot Futex Requeue Kernel Exploit)

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2013-6378, CVE-2014-0203, CVE-2014-1737, CVE-2014-1738, CVE-2014-1874, CVE-2014-2039, CVE-2014-3153

BID: 63886, 65459, 65700, 67300, 67302, 67906, 68125

RHSA: 2014:0771