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Oracle Linux 5 / 6 : unbreakable enterprise kernel (ELSA-2014-3042)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 76185

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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-2014-3042 advisory.

 - SELinux: Fix kernel BUG on empty security contexts. (Stephen Smalley) [Orabug: 19028380] {CVE-2014-1874}
 - floppy: don't write kernel-only members to FDRAWCMD ioctl output (Matthew Daley) [Orabug: 19028444] {CVE-2014-1738}
 - floppy: ignore kernel-only members in FDRAWCMD ioctl input (Matthew Daley) [Orabug: 19028438] {CVE-2014-1737}

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-2014-3042.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 76185

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2014-3042.nasl

Version: 1.17

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/23/2014

Updated: 11/1/2024

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2014-1737

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 4.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2014-1874

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 Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/20/2014

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/22/2013

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2013-6378, CVE-2014-1737, CVE-2014-1738, CVE-2014-1874

BID: 63886, 65459, 67300, 67302