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Oracle Linux 6 : kernel (ELSA-2015-1081)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 84073

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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-2015-1081 advisory.

 - [fs] pipe: fix pipe corruption and iovec overrun on partial copy (Seth Jennings) [1202860 1185166] {CVE-2015-1805}
 - [x86] crypto: aesni - fix memory usage in GCM decryption (Kurt Stutsman) [1213329 1213330] {CVE-2015-3331}
 - [fs] isofs: infinite loop in CE record entries (Jacob Tanenbaum) [1175243 1175245] {CVE-2014-9420}
 - [x86] vdso: ASLR bruteforce possible for vdso library (Jacob Tanenbaum) [1184896 1184897] {CVE-2014-9585}
 - [x86] switch_to(): Load TLS descriptors before switching DS and ES (Denys Vlasenko) [1177353 1177354] {CVE-2014-9419}
 - [infiniband] core: Prevent integer overflow in ib_umem_get address arithmetic (Doug Ledford) [1181173 1179327] {CVE-2014-8159}

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-2015-1081.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 84073

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2015-1081.nasl

Version: 2.21

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/10/2015

Updated: 10/22/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Critical

Score: 9.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.3

Temporal Score: 8.1

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2015-3331

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 9.5

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

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2014-8159

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: 6/9/2015

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/8/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-8159, CVE-2014-9419, CVE-2014-9420, CVE-2014-9585, CVE-2015-1805, CVE-2015-3331

BID: 71794, 71990, 73060, 74235, 74951, 71717

RHSA: 2015:1081