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Oracle Linux 7 : kexec-tools (ELSA-2015-0986)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 83401

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Synopsis

The remote Oracle Linux host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ELSA-2015-0986 advisory.

 [2.0.7-19.0.1.el7_1.2]
 - kdumpctl: exclude default_hugepagesz setting from kdump kernel cmdline (Sriharsha Yadagudde) [Orabug: 19134999]
 - kdumpctl: verify if kernel support securelevel interface (Sriharsha Yadagudde) [Orabug: 18905671]

 [2.0.7-19.2]
 - dracut-module-setup: Enhance kdump to support the bind mounted feature in Atomic
 - Fix the warning if the target path is bind mount in Atomic
 - Get the mount point correctly, if the device has several mount point
 - kdump-lib: Add new function to judge the system is Atomic or not
 - kdump-lib: Add the new function to enhance bind mounted judgement
 - Remove duplicate slash in save path
 - dracut-module-setup.sh: change the insecure use of /tmp/*9947* filenames

 [2.0.7-19.1]
 - sadump: Support more than 16TB physical memory space.

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 kexec-tools, kexec-tools-anaconda-addon and / or kexec-tools-eppic packages.

See Also

https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2015-0986.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 83401

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2015-0986.nasl

Version: 1.8

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 5/13/2015

Updated: 10/22/2024

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.6

Temporal Score: 2.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2015-0267

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 4.8

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kexec-tools, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kexec-tools-anaconda-addon, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:7, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kexec-tools-eppic

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: 5/12/2015

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/19/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-0267

BID: 74622

RHSA: 2015:0986