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Oracle Linux 6 : kernel (ELSA-2014-1167)

high Nessus Plugin ID 77597

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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-2014-1167 advisory.

 - [kernel] futex: Fix errors in nested key ref-counting (Denys Vlasenko) [1094457 1094458] {CVE-2014-0205}
 - [net] vxlan: fix NULL pointer dereference (Jiri Benc) [1114549 1096351] {CVE-2014-3535}
 - [kernel] auditsc: audit_krule mask accesses need bounds checking (Denys Vlasenko) [1102704 1102705] {CVE-2014-3917}
 - [netdrv] pppol2tp: fail when socket option level is not SOL_PPPOL2TP [1119461 1119462] {CVE-2014-4943}
 - [kernel] utrace: force IRET path after utrace_finish_vfork() (Oleg Nesterov) [1115932 1115933] {CVE-2014-4699}
 - [net] sctp: Fix sk_ack_backlog wrap-around problem (Daniel Borkmann) [1113969 1085932] {CVE-2014-4667}

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-2014-1167.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 77597

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2014-1167.nasl

Version: 1.19

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/10/2014

Updated: 10/22/2024

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: 6.9

Temporal Score: 5.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2014-0205

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 7

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:P/RL:O/RC:C

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 Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/9/2014

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/5/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-0205, CVE-2014-3535, CVE-2014-3917, CVE-2014-4667

BID: 67699, 68224, 68411, 68683

RHSA: 2014:1167