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Oracle Linux 7 : kernel (ELSA-2015-1978)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 86714

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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-2015-1978 advisory.

 - [netdrv] virtio-net: drop NETIF_F_FRAGLIST (Jason Wang) [1247839 1247840] {CVE-2015-5156}
 - [fs] dcache: d_walk() might skip too much (Denys Vlasenko) [1173812 1173813] {CVE-2014-8559}
 - [fs] dcache: deal with deadlock in d_walk() (Denys Vlasenko) [1173812 1173813] {CVE-2014-8559}
 - [fs] dcache: move d_rcu from overlapping d_child to overlapping d_alias (Denys Vlasenko) [1173812 1173813] {CVE-2014-8559}
 - [fs] dcache: fold try_to_ascend() into the sole remaining caller (Denys Vlasenko) [1173812 1173813] {CVE-2014-8559}

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-2015-1978.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 86714

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2015-1978.nasl

Version: 2.14

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/4/2015

Updated: 10/22/2024

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.1

Temporal Score: 4.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2015-5156

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-2014-8559

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 Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/3/2015

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/30/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-8559, CVE-2015-5156

RHSA: 2015:1978