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Oracle Linux 5 : kernel (ELSA-2015-0164)

high Nessus Plugin ID 81307

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Synopsis

The remote Oracle Linux host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 5 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ELSA-2015-0164 advisory.

 - [fs] splice: perform generic write checks (Eric Sandeen) [1155908] {CVE-2014-7822}
 - [x86] traps: stop using IST for #SS (Petr Matousek) [1172809] {CVE-2014-9322}

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Oracle Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue 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-2015-0164.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 81307

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2015-0164.nasl

Version: 1.18

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/12/2015

Updated: 11/1/2024

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, 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: High

Base Score: 8.4

Temporal Score: 7.6

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-headers, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-xen, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:oracleasm-2.6.18-402.el5debug, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:ocfs2-2.6.18-402.el5pae, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:ocfs2-2.6.18-402.el5debug, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:ocfs2-2.6.18-402.el5xen, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:5, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-pae-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-xen-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:oracleasm-2.6.18-402.el5xen, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-pae, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:oracleasm-2.6.18-402.el5pae, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:ocfs2-2.6.18-402.el5, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-debug-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-debug, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:oracleasm-2.6.18-402.el5

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/OracleLinux, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/11/2015

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/16/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-7822

BID: 71685, 72347

RHSA: 2015:0164