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Oracle Linux 7 : kernel (ELSA-2014-1724)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 78721

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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-2014-1724 advisory.

 - [virt] kvm: fix PIT timer race condition (Petr Matousek) [1144879 1144880] {CVE-2014-3611}
 - [virt] kvm/vmx: handle invept and invvpid vm exits gracefully (Petr Matousek) [1145449 1116936] [1144828 1144829] {CVE-2014-3645 CVE-2014-3646}
 - [net] sctp: inherit auth_capable on INIT collisions (Daniel Borkmann) [1124337 1123763] {CVE-2014-5077}

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-2014-1724.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 78721

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2014-1724.nasl

Version: 1.21

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/29/2014

Updated: 10/23/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.6

Temporal Score: 3.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2014-4653

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 4.8

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

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2014-3646

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/28/2014

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/18/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-3611, CVE-2014-3645, CVE-2014-3646, CVE-2014-4653, CVE-2014-5077

BID: 68164, 68881, 70743, 70745, 70746

RHSA: 2014:1724