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Oracle Linux 7 : kernel (ELSA-2016-0064)

high Nessus Plugin ID 88168

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Synopsis

The remote Oracle Linux host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ELSA-2016-0064 advisory.

 [3.10.0-327.4.5.OL7]
 - Oracle Linux certificates (Alexey Petrenko)

 [3.10.0-327.4.5]
 - [security] keys: Fix keyring ref leak in join_session_keyring() (David Howells) [1298931 1298036] {CVE-2016-0728}

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Oracle Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue 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-2016-0064.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 88168

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2016-0064.nasl

Version: 2.15

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/26/2016

Updated: 10/22/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Critical

Score: 9.7

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-2016-0728

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 7.5

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:H/RL:O/RC:C

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/OracleLinux, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/local_checks_enabled

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/25/2016

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/11/2016

Exploitable With

Core Impact

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-0728

RHSA: 2016:0064