Oracle Linux 7 : kernel (ELSA-2015-1534)

high Nessus Plugin ID 85247

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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-2015-1534 advisory.

- [net] ipv4: Missing sk_nulls_node_init() in ping_unhash() (Denys Vlasenko) [1218104 1218105] {CVE-2015-3636}
- [net] nf_conntrack: reserve two bytes for nf_ct_ext->len (Marcelo Leitner) [1211096 1206164] {CVE-2014-9715}
- [net] ipv6: Don't reduce hop limit for an interface (Denys Vlasenko) [1208494 1208496] {CVE-2015-2922}
- [x86] kernel: execution in the early microcode loader (Jacob Tanenbaum) [1206829 1206830] {CVE-2015-2666}

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.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 85247

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2015-1534.nasl

Version: 2.16

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Oracle Linux Local Security Checks

Published: 8/6/2015

Updated: 10/23/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.9

Temporal Score: 5.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2015-2666

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/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-2015-2922

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/OracleLinux, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/local_checks_enabled

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/5/2015

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/21/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-9715, CVE-2015-2666, CVE-2015-2922, CVE-2015-3636

RHSA: 2015:1534

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