Oracle Linux 5 / 6 : Unbreakable Enterprise kernel (ELSA-2014-3086)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 78839

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-2014-3086 advisory.

- USB: whiteheat: Added bounds checking for bulk command response (James Forshaw) [Orabug: 19849336] {CVE-2014-3185}
- HID: fix a couple of off-by-ones (Jiri Kosina) [Orabug: 19849320] {CVE-2014-3181} logging macros to functions (Joe Perches) [Orabug: 19847630] {CVE-2014-3535} logging macros to functions (Joe Perches) [Orabug: 19847630]

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-2014-3086.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 78839

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2014-3086.nasl

Version: 1.18

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/4/2014

Updated: 11/1/2024

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, 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-2014-3185

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.7

Temporal Score: 4.2

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

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2014-3611

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek-headers, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:ofa-2.6.32-400.36.10.el5uek, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:mlnx_en-2.6.32-400.36.10.el5uek, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:5, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:ofa-2.6.32-400.36.10.el6uekdebug, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:ofa-2.6.32-400.36.10.el5uekdebug, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:mlnx_en-2.6.32-400.36.10.el6uek, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek-debug-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:mlnx_en-2.6.32-400.36.10.el6uekdebug, 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:ofa-2.6.32-400.36.10.el6uek, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:mlnx_en-2.6.32-400.36.10.el5uekdebug, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek-firmware, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:6

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: 11/3/2014

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/25/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-3181, CVE-2014-3185, CVE-2014-3535, CVE-2014-3611

BID: 69721, 69779, 69781, 70743