Oracle Linux 6 / 7 : Unbreakable Enterprise kernel (ELSA-2015-3098)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 86881

Synopsis

The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 6 / 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2015-3098 advisory.

- virtio-net: drop NETIF_F_FRAGLIST (Jason Wang) [Orabug: 22145600] {CVE-2015-5156}
- RDS: fix race condition when sending a message on unbound socket. (Quentin Casasnovas) [Orabug:
21882586] {CVE-2015-6937}
- sctp: fix ASCONF list handling (Marcelo Ricardo Leitner) [Orabug: 21842665] {CVE-2015-3212}
- KEYS: ensure we free the assoc array edit if edit is valid (Colin Ian King) [Orabug: 21842653] {CVE-2015-1333}

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-2015-3098.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 86881

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2015-3098.nasl

Version: 2.12

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/16/2015

Updated: 10/22/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Critical

Score: 9.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 6.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2015-1805

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 5.3

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:H/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2015-6937

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:dtrace-modules-3.8.13-118.el7uek, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek-debug-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:dtrace-modules-3.8.13-118.el6uek, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:7, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek-debug, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek-doc, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek-firmware, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:6

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/13/2015

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/28/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-7822, CVE-2015-1805, CVE-2015-6937