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Oracle Linux 5 : kernel (ELSA-2016-0045)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 88030

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 5 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2016-0045 advisory.

 - [net] udp: fix behavior of wrong checksums (Denys Vlasenko) [1240757] {CVE-2015-5364 CVE-2015-5366}
 - [net] ipv6/udp: Use correct var to determine non-blocking cond (Denys Vlasenko) [1240757] {CVE-2015-5364 CVE-2015-5366}

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-2016-0045.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 88030

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2016-0045.nasl

Version: 2.11

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/21/2016

Updated: 11/1/2024

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 5.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2015-5364

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

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

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2015-5366

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:ocfs2-2.6.18-408.el5pae, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-xen, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:ocfs2-2.6.18-408.el5xen, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:oracleasm-2.6.18-408.el5debug, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:5, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-pae-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-xen-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:oracleasm-2.6.18-408.el5pae, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-pae, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:oracleasm-2.6.18-408.el5xen, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:ocfs2-2.6.18-408.el5debug, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:oracleasm-2.6.18-408.el5, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-debug-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:ocfs2-2.6.18-408.el5, 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: 1/20/2016

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/31/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-5364, CVE-2015-5366

RHSA: 2016:0045