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Oracle Linux 6 / 7 : Unbreakable Enterprise kernel (ELSA-2016-3501)

high Nessus Plugin ID 87834

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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-2016-3501 advisory.

 - KEYS: Don't permit request_key() to construct a new keyring (David Howells) [Orabug: 22373442] {CVE-2015-7872}
 - KEYS: Fix crash when attempt to garbage collect an uninstantiated keyring (David Howells) [Orabug:
 22373442] {CVE-2015-7872}

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-2016-3501.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 87834

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2016-3501.nasl

Version: 2.9

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/11/2016

Updated: 10/22/2024

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, 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-2015-2925

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2015-7872

Vulnerability Information

CPE: 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-3.8.13-118.2.4.el6uek, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:dtrace-modules-3.8.13-118.2.4.el7uek, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek, 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: 1/8/2016

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/6/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-2925, CVE-2015-7872