Oracle Linux 7 : kernel (ELSA-2016-1277)

high Nessus Plugin ID 91796

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2016-1277 advisory.

- [infiniband] security: Restrict use of the write() interface (Don Dutile) [1332553 1316685] {CVE-2016-4565}
- [net] sctp: Prevent soft lockup when sctp_accept() is called during a timeout event (Xin Long) [1324748 1270586] {CVE-2015-8767}
- [net] sctp: Whitespace fix (Xin Long) [1324748 1270586] {CVE-2015-8767}
- [lib] keys: Fix ASN.1 indefinite length object parsing (David Howells) [1308814 1308815] {CVE-2016-0758}

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.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 91796

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2016-1277.nasl

Version: 2.14

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Oracle Linux Local Security Checks

Published: 6/24/2016

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: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2016-4565

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.8

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:U/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 Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/23/2016

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/11/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-8767, CVE-2016-4565

RHSA: 2016:1277

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