Oracle Linux 5 / 6 : Unbreakable Enterprise kernel (ELSA-2014-3082)

high Nessus Plugin ID 78579

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-2014-3082 advisory.

- ALSA: control: Don't access controls outside of protected regions (Lars-Peter Clausen) [Orabug:
19817786] {CVE-2014-4653} {CVE-2014-4654} {CVE-2014-4655}
- ALSA: control: Fix replacing user controls (Lars-Peter Clausen) [Orabug: 19817748] {CVE-2014-4653} {CVE-2014-4654} {CVE-2014-4655}
- kvm: iommu: fix the third parameter of kvm_iommu_put_pages (CVE-2014-3601) (Michael S. Tsirkin) [Orabug: 19817647] {CVE-2014-3601}
- mm: try_to_unmap_cluster() should lock_page() before mlocking (Vlastimil Babka) [Orabug: 19817323] {CVE-2014-3122}
- vm: convert fb_mmap to vm_iomap_memory() helper (Linus Torvalds) [Orabug: 19816563] {CVE-2013-2596}
- vm: add vm_iomap_memory() helper function (Linus Torvalds) [Orabug: 19816563] {CVE-2013-2596}

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-2014-3082.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 78579

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2014-3082.nasl

Version: 1.18

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/20/2014

Updated: 11/1/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.9

Temporal Score: 5.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2013-2596

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 7.2

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:F/RL:O/RC:C

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/OracleLinux, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/local_checks_enabled

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/17/2014

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/13/2013

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability Due Dates: 10/6/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2013-2596, CVE-2014-3122, CVE-2014-3601, CVE-2014-4653, CVE-2014-4654, CVE-2014-4655, CVE-2014-5077

BID: 59264, 67162, 68162, 68164, 68881, 69489