openSUSE Security Update : kernel (openSUSE-SU-2014:0985-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 77177

Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

The Linux kernel was updated to fix security issues and bugs :

Security issues fixed: CVE-2014-4699: The Linux kernel on Intel processors did not properly restrict use of a non-canonical value for the saved RIP address in the case of a system call that does not use IRET, which allowed local users to leverage a race condition and gain privileges, or cause a denial of service (double fault), via a crafted application that makes ptrace and fork system calls.

CVE-2014-4667: The sctp_association_free function in net/sctp/associola.c in the Linux kernel did not properly manage a certain backlog value, which allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service (socket outage) via a crafted SCTP packet.

CVE-2014-4171: mm/shmem.c in the Linux kernel did not properly implement the interaction between range notification and hole punching, which allowed local users to cause a denial of service (i_mutex hold) by using the mmap system call to access a hole, as demonstrated by interfering with intended shmem activity by blocking completion of (1) an MADV_REMOVE madvise call or (2) an FALLOC_FL_PUNCH_HOLE fallocate call.

CVE-2014-4508: arch/x86/kernel/entry_32.S in the Linux kernel on 32-bit x86 platforms, when syscall auditing is enabled and the sep CPU feature flag is set, allowed local users to cause a denial of service (OOPS and system crash) via an invalid syscall number, as demonstrated by number 1000.

CVE-2014-0100: Race condition in the inet_frag_intern function in net/ipv4/inet_fragment.c in the Linux kernel allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service (use-after-free error) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a large series of fragmented ICMP Echo Request packets to a system with a heavy CPU load.

CVE-2014-4656: Multiple integer overflows in sound/core/control.c in the ALSA control implementation in the Linux kernel allowed local users to cause a denial of service by leveraging /dev/snd/controlCX access, related to (1) index values in the snd_ctl_add function and (2) numid values in the snd_ctl_remove_numid_conflict function.

CVE-2014-4655: The snd_ctl_elem_add function in sound/core/control.c in the ALSA control implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly maintain the user_ctl_count value, which allowed local users to cause a denial of service (integer overflow and limit bypass) by leveraging /dev/snd/controlCX access for a large number of SNDRV_CTL_IOCTL_ELEM_REPLACE ioctl calls.

CVE-2014-4654: The snd_ctl_elem_add function in sound/core/control.c in the ALSA control implementation in the Linux kernel did not check authorization for SNDRV_CTL_IOCTL_ELEM_REPLACE commands, which allowed local users to remove kernel controls and cause a denial of service (use-after-free and system crash) by leveraging /dev/snd/controlCX access for an ioctl call.

CVE-2014-4653: sound/core/control.c in the ALSA control implementation in the Linux kernel did not ensure possession of a read/write lock, which allowed local users to cause a denial of service (use-after-free) and obtain sensitive information from kernel memory by leveraging /dev/snd/controlCX access.

CVE-2014-4652: Race condition in the tlv handler functionality in the snd_ctl_elem_user_tlv function in sound/core/control.c in the ALSA control implementation in the Linux kernel allowed local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory by leveraging /dev/snd/controlCX access.

CVE-2014-4014: The capabilities implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly consider that namespaces are inapplicable to inodes, which allowed local users to bypass intended chmod restrictions by first creating a user namespace, as demonstrated by setting the setgid bit on a file with group ownership of root.

CVE-2014-2309: The ip6_route_add function in net/ipv6/route.c in the Linux kernel did not properly count the addition of routes, which allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a flood of ICMPv6 Router Advertisement packets.

CVE-2014-3917: kernel/auditsc.c in the Linux kernel, when CONFIG_AUDITSYSCALL is enabled with certain syscall rules, allowed local users to obtain potentially sensitive single-bit values from kernel memory or cause a denial of service (OOPS) via a large value of a syscall number.

CVE-2014-0131: Use-after-free vulnerability in the skb_segment function in net/core/skbuff.c in the Linux kernel allowed attackers to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory by leveraging the absence of a certain orphaning operation.

Bugs fixed :

- Don't trigger congestion wait on dirty-but-not-writeout pages (bnc#879071).

- via-velocity: fix netif_receive_skb use in irq disabled section (bnc#851686).

- HID: logitech-dj: Fix USB 3.0 issue (bnc#886629).

- tg3: Change nvram command timeout value to 50ms (bnc#768714 bnc#855657).

- tg3: Override clock, link aware and link idle mode during NVRAM dump (bnc#768714 bnc#855657).

- tg3: Set the MAC clock to the fastest speed during boot code load (bnc#768714 bnc#855657).

- ALSA: usb-audio: Fix deadlocks at resuming (bnc#884840).

- ALSA: usb-audio: Save mixer status only once at suspend (bnc#884840).

- ALSA: usb-audio: Resume mixer values properly (bnc#884840).

Solution

Update the affected kernel packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=768714

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=851686

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=855657

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=866101

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=867531

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=867723

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=879071

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=880484

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=882189

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=883518

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=883724

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=883795

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=884840

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=885422

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=885725

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=886629

https://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-08/msg00016.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 77177

File Name: openSUSE-2014-493.nasl

Version: 1.12

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 8/13/2014

Updated: 1/19/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 8.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.3

Temporal Score: 8.1

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:xen-kmp-desktop-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:cloop-kmp-desktop-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:crash-gcore-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:xtables-addons-kmp-default, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:cloop-kmp-default-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:hdjmod-kmp-pae, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:kernel-trace, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:kernel-xen-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:cloop-kmp-xen-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:kernel-ec2-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:kernel-pae-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:vhba-kmp-desktop-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:kernel-source, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:crash-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:kernel-trace-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:kernel-ec2-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:python-virtualbox-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:xtables-addons-kmp-pae, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:pcfclock, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:kernel-xen-devel-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:iscsitarget-kmp-default, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:xen-kmp-desktop, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:crash-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:kernel-pae, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:kernel-vanilla-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:vhba-kmp-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:kernel-trace-base, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:virtualbox-qt-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:ndiswrapper-kmp-pae, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:xen-tools-domu, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:kernel-pae-base-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:virtualbox-host-kmp-pae, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:xtables-addons-kmp-default-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:kernel-xen-base, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:virtualbox-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:ndiswrapper-kmp-default, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:kernel-trace-devel-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:ipset-kmp-pae, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:pcfclock-kmp-desktop, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:crash-gcore, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:kernel-debug-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:cloop-kmp-pae-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:kernel-ec2-base, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:cloop-kmp-pae, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:ipset-kmp-default-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:xen-libs-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:ipset-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:hdjmod-kmp-default-debuginfo, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:13.1, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:crash-kmp-desktop, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:xen-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:xen-libs-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:cloop-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:xtables-addons-kmp-desktop, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:iscsitarget-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:iscsitarget-kmp-xen-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:virtualbox-guest-kmp-default, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:kernel-xen-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:kernel-default-base, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:pcfclock-kmp-pae-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:xen-xend-tools-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:xen-tools, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:xen-kmp-pae, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:xen-tools-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:crash-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:kernel-pae-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:kernel-vanilla-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:crash-kmp-default-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libipset3, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:iscsitarget-kmp-pae, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:cloop-kmp-xen, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:xen-libs, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:kernel-desktop, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:xtables-addons-kmp-xen, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:ipset-kmp-desktop-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:pcfclock-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:crash-kmp-pae-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:hdjmod-kmp-desktop-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:virtualbox-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:xen-kmp-pae-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:kernel-default, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:ndiswrapper-kmp-pae-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:virtualbox-guest-tools-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:iscsitarget-kmp-desktop-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:pcfclock-kmp-default, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:hdjmod-kmp-default, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:kernel-vanilla-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:xen-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:kernel-debug-devel-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:kernel-xen-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:iscsitarget, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:virtualbox-guest-kmp-desktop, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:kernel-debug-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:crash-kmp-desktop-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:crash-eppic-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:crash-kmp-default, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:kernel-ec2, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:crash-kmp-xen-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:virtualbox-guest-tools, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:virtualbox-guest-x11, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:vhba-kmp-xen-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:ndiswrapper-kmp-default-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:virtualbox-websrv, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:xen, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:vhba-kmp-xen, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:xtables-addons-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:kernel-debug-base-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:xen-doc-html, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:virtualbox-host-kmp-desktop-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:iscsitarget-kmp-default-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:xtables-addons-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:virtualbox-guest-kmp-desktop-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:kernel-default-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:virtualbox-websrv-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:crash-eppic, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:xtables-addons-kmp-pae-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:kernel-debug-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:kernel-desktop-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:cloop-kmp-default, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:xen-kmp-default-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:kernel-desktop-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:hdjmod-kmp-xen-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:xen-tools-domu-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:kernel-ec2-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:kernel-default-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:xen-xend-tools, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:ipset-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:pcfclock-kmp-pae, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:kernel-desktop-base, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:kernel-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:vhba-kmp-default-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:hdjmod-kmp-pae-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:iscsitarget-kmp-pae-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:virtualbox-guest-kmp-pae-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:hdjmod-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:xtables-addons-kmp-xen-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:iscsitarget-kmp-xen, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:virtualbox, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:cloop-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:crash, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:kernel-source-vanilla, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:kernel-default-base-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:kernel-vanilla-devel-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:vhba-kmp-pae-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:crash-kmp-pae, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:xtables-addons-kmp-desktop-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:virtualbox-qt, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:ipset, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:xen-kmp-default, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:kernel-trace-base-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:ndiswrapper-kmp-desktop-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:ipset-kmp-xen-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:pcfclock-kmp-desktop-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:xtables-addons, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:cloop-kmp-desktop, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:kernel-desktop-devel-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:kernel-xen, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:kernel-xen-base-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:xen-libs-debuginfo-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:kernel-trace-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:kernel-desktop-base-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:kernel-pae-base, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:kernel-vanilla, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:ndiswrapper-kmp-desktop, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:kernel-desktop-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:pcfclock-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:virtualbox-host-kmp-default, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:cloop, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:hdjmod-kmp-desktop, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:vhba-kmp-pae, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:ndiswrapper-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:iscsitarget-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:kernel-ec2-base-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:ipset-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:kernel-default-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:kernel-default-devel-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:kernel-trace-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:ndiswrapper-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:vhba-kmp-default, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:virtualbox-host-kmp-pae-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:ipset-kmp-pae-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:kernel-pae-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:virtualbox-guest-kmp-pae, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:python-virtualbox, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:crash-kmp-xen, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:kernel-debug, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:hdjmod-kmp-xen, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:virtualbox-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:iscsitarget-kmp-desktop, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:kernel-debug-base, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libipset3-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:virtualbox-guest-kmp-default-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:ipset-kmp-desktop, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:virtualbox-host-kmp-desktop, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:kernel-syms, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:virtualbox-guest-x11-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:ipset-kmp-default, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:kernel-pae-devel-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:pcfclock-kmp-default-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:vhba-kmp-desktop, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:ipset-kmp-xen, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:ndiswrapper, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:virtualbox-host-kmp-default-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:kernel-ec2-devel-debuginfo

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list, Host/cpu

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/23/2014

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/11/2014

Exploitable With

Core Impact

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-0100, CVE-2014-0131, CVE-2014-2309, CVE-2014-3917, CVE-2014-4014, CVE-2014-4171, CVE-2014-4508, CVE-2014-4652, CVE-2014-4653, CVE-2014-4654, CVE-2014-4655, CVE-2014-4656, CVE-2014-4667, CVE-2014-4699

BID: 65952, 66095, 66101, 67699, 67988, 68126, 68157, 68162, 68163, 68164, 68170, 68224, 68411