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Oracle Linux 7 : kernel (ELSA-2014-0786)

high Nessus Plugin ID 76738

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2014-0786 advisory.

 - [fs] aio: fix plug memory disclosure and fix reqs_active accounting backport (Jeff Moyer) [1094604 1094605] {CVE-2014-0206}
 - [fs] aio: plug memory disclosure and fix reqs_active accounting (Mateusz Guzik) [1094604 1094605] {CVE-2014-0206}
 - [kernel] futex: Make lookup_pi_state more robust (Larry Woodman) [1104519 1104520] {CVE-2014-3153}
 - [kernel] futex: Always cleanup owner tid in unlock_pi (Larry Woodman) [1104519 1104520] {CVE-2014-3153}
 - [kernel] futex: Validate atomic acquisition in futex_lock_pi_atomic() (Larry Woodman) [1104519 1104520] {CVE-2014-3153}
 - [kernel] futex: prevent requeue pi on same futex (Larry Woodman) [1104519 1104520] {CVE-2014-3153}
 - [net] filter: prevent nla extensions to peek beyond the end of the message (Jiri Benc) [1096780 1096781] {CVE-2014-3144 CVE-2014-3145}
 - [block] floppy: don't write kernel-only members to FDRAWCMD ioctl output (Denys Vlasenko) [1094316 1094318] {CVE-2014-1737 CVE-2014-1738}
 - [block] floppy: ignore kernel-only members in FDRAWCMD ioctl input (Denys Vlasenko) [1094316 1094318] {CVE-2014-1737 CVE-2014-1738}
 - [net] core, nfqueue, openvswitch: Orphan frags in skb_zerocopy and handle errors (Jiri Pirko) [1091345 1079014] {CVE-2014-2568}
 - [net] ipv4: current group_info should be put after using (Jiri Benc) [1087415 1087416] {CVE-2014-2851}

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-2014-0786.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 76738

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2014-0786.nasl

Version: 1.26

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/24/2014

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-abi-whitelists, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-tools-libs-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-tools-libs, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:perf, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:7, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-tools, 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

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: 7/23/2014

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/21/2014

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-2014-0206, CVE-2014-1737, CVE-2014-1738, CVE-2014-2568, CVE-2014-2851, CVE-2014-3144, CVE-2014-3145, CVE-2014-3153

BID: 66348, 66779, 67300, 67302, 67309, 67321, 67906, 68176

RHSA: 2014:0786