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Oracle Linux 6 : kernel (ELSA-2014-1997)

high Nessus Plugin ID 80070

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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-2014-1997 advisory.

 - [x86] traps: stop using IST for #SS (Petr Matousek) [1172810 1172811] {CVE-2014-9322}
 - [fs] udf: Avoid infinite loop when processing indirect ICBs (Jacob Tanenbaum) [1142319 1142320] {CVE-2014-6410}
 - [fs] isofs: unbound recursion when processing relocated directories (Jacob Tanenbaum) [1142268 1142269] {CVE-2014-5472 CVE-2014-5471}
 - [net] sctp: fix remote memory pressure from excessive queueing (Daniel Borkmann) [1155746 1154676] {CVE-2014-3688}
 - [net] sctp: fix panic on duplicate ASCONF chunks (Daniel Borkmann) [1155733 1154676] {CVE-2014-3687}
 - [net] sctp: fix skb_over_panic when receiving malformed ASCONF chunks (Daniel Borkmann) [1147857 1154676] {CVE-2014-3673}
 - [net] guard tcp_set_keepalive() to tcp sockets (Florian Westphal) [1141744 1141746] {CVE-2012-6657}
 - [x86] kvm: fix PIT timer race condition (mguzik) [1149592 1149593] {CVE-2014-3611}

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-2014-1997.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 80070

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2014-1997.nasl

Version: 1.21

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 12/17/2014

Updated: 10/22/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 8.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 5.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2014-9322

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 Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/16/2014

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/26/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-6657, CVE-2014-3673, CVE-2014-3687, CVE-2014-3688, CVE-2014-5471, CVE-2014-5472, CVE-2014-6410, CVE-2014-9322

BID: 69396, 69428, 69799, 69803, 70743, 70745, 70746, 70766, 70768, 70883, 71685

RHSA: 2014:1997