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Oracle Linux 7 : kernel (ELSA-2015-0102)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 81067

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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-2015-0102 advisory.

 - [mm] shmem: fix splicing from a hole while it's punched (Denys Vlasenko) [1118244 1118245] {CVE-2014-4171}
 - [mm] shmem: fix faulting into a hole, not taking i_mutex (Denys Vlasenko) [1118244 1118245] {CVE-2014-4171}
 - [mm] shmem: fix faulting into a hole while it's punched (Denys Vlasenko) [118244 1118245] {CVE-2014-4171}
 - [x86] traps: stop using IST for #SS (Petr Matousek) [1172812 1172813] {CVE-2014-9322}
 - [fs] splice: perform generic write checks (Eric Sandeen) [1163799 1155907] {CVE-2014-7822}
 - [net] sctp: fix NULL pointer dereference in af->from_addr_param on malformed packet (Daniel Borkmann) [1163094 1154002] {CVE-2014-7841}
 - [fs] cifs: NULL pointer dereference in SMB2_tcon (Jacob Tanenbaum) [1147528 1147529] {CVE-2014-7145}
 - [fs] isofs: unbound recursion when processing relocated directories (Jacob Tanenbaum) [1142270 1142271] {CVE-2014-5471 CVE-2014-5472}

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-2015-0102.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 81067

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2015-0102.nasl

Version: 1.19

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/29/2015

Updated: 10/22/2024

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.1

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-2014-7822

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/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-2014-7841

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 Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/28/2015

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/17/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-4171, CVE-2014-5471, CVE-2014-5472, CVE-2014-7145, CVE-2014-7822, CVE-2014-7841

BID: 68157, 69396, 69428, 69867, 71081, 71685, 72347

RHSA: 2015:0102