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Oracle Linux 6 / 7 : Unbreakable Enterprise kernel (ELSA-2015-3101)

high Nessus Plugin ID 87098

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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-2015-3101 advisory.

 - ipc/sem.c: fully initialize sem_array before making it visible (Manfred Spraul) [Orabug: 22277382] {CVE-2015-7613}
 - ipc: fix msg newqueue add (Guru Anbalagane) [Orabug: 22277382] {CVE-2015-7613}
 - sctp: fix race on protocol/netns initialization (Marcelo Ricardo Leitner) [Orabug: 22249981] {CVE-2015-5283}
 - Initialize msg/shm IPC objects before doing ipc_addid() (Linus Torvalds) [Orabug: 22250045] {CVE-2015-7613}

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-2015-3101.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 87098

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2015-3101.nasl

Version: 2.11

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/30/2015

Updated: 10/22/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

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-2015-7613

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:dtrace-modules-3.8.13-118.2.1.el7uek, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek-debug-devel, 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:dtrace-modules-3.8.13-118.2.1.el6uek, 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 Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/27/2015

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/27/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-5283, CVE-2015-7613

IAVA: 2015-A-0239-S