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Oracle Linux 6 : kernel (ELSA-2014-1843)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 79201

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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-2014-1843 advisory.

 - [x86] kvm: fix PIT timer race condition (mguzik) [1149592 1149593] {CVE-2014-3611}
 - [x86] kvm: vmx: handle invept and invvpid vm exits gracefull (mguzik) [1144826 1144837 1144827 1144838] {CVE-2014-3646 CVE-2014-3645}
 - [usb] serial: memory corruption flaw (Jacob Tanenbaum) [1141401 1141402] {CVE-2014-3185}

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-2014-1843.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 79201

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2014-1843.nasl

Version: 1.19

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/12/2014

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: 5.1

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: 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: cpe:/o:oracle:linux:6, 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

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: 11/11/2014

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/12/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-3185, CVE-2014-3611, CVE-2014-3645, CVE-2014-3646

BID: 69781, 70743, 70745, 70746

RHSA: 2014:1843