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Oracle Linux 6 / 7 : kernel-uek (ELSA-2016-3587)
high Nessus Plugin ID 92656
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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-2016-3587 advisory.- vfs: rename: check backing inode being equal (Miklos Szeredi) [Orabug: 24010060] {CVE-2016-6198} {CVE-2016-6197}
- vfs: add vfs_select_inode() helper (Miklos Szeredi) [Orabug: 24010060] {CVE-2016-6198} {CVE-2016-6197}
- ovl: verify upper dentry before unlink and rename (Miklos Szeredi) [Orabug: 24010060] {CVE-2016-6198} {CVE-2016-6197}
- ovl: fix getcwd() failure after unsuccessful rmdir (Rui Wang) [Orabug: 24010060] {CVE-2016-6198} {CVE-2016-6197}
- atl2: Disable unimplemented scatter/gather feature (Ben Hutchings) [Orabug: 23704078] {CVE-2016-2117}
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
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 92656
File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2016-3587.nasl
Version: 2.11
Type: local
Agent: unix
Published: 8/1/2016
Updated: 10/22/2024
Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 4.4
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 5
Temporal Score: 3.9
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2016-2117
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.5
Temporal Score: 6.7
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:dtrace-modules-4.1.12-37.6.1.el7uek, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:dtrace-modules-4.1.12-37.6.1.el6uek, 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:kernel-uek, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:6
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: 7/29/2016
Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/16/2016