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Oracle Linux 6 / 7 : Unbreakable Enterprise kernel (ELSA-2016-3645)

high Nessus Plugin ID 95043

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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-2016-3645 advisory.

 - aacraid: Check size values after double-fetch from user (Dave Carroll) [Orabug: 25060050] {CVE-2016-6480} {CVE-2016-6480}
 - IB/srpt: Simplify srpt_handle_tsk_mgmt() (Bart Van Assche) [Orabug: 25060011] {CVE-2016-6327}
 - audit: fix a double fetch in audit_log_single_execve_arg() (Paul Moore) [Orabug: 25059945] {CVE-2016-6136}
 - ALSA: timer: Fix leak in events via snd_timer_user_tinterrupt (Kangjie Lu) [Orabug: 25059899] {CVE-2016-4578}
 - ALSA: timer: Fix leak in events via snd_timer_user_ccallback (Kangjie Lu) [Orabug: 25059899] {CVE-2016-4578}
 - ALSA: timer: Fix leak in SNDRV_TIMER_IOCTL_PARAMS (Kangjie Lu) [Orabug: 25059753] {CVE-2016-4569}
 - acpi: Disable ACPI table override if securelevel is set (Linn Crosetto) [Orabug: 25058991] {CVE-2016-3699}
 - Bluetooth: Fix potential NULL dereference in RFCOMM bind callback (Jaganath Kanakkassery) [Orabug:
 25058903] {CVE-2015-8956}
 - ASN.1: Fix non-match detection failure on data overrun (David Howells) [Orabug: 25059046] {CVE-2016-2053}

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-2016-3645.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 95043

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2016-3645.nasl

Version: 2.12

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/22/2016

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-2016-3699

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-2016-3070

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:dtrace-modules-3.8.13-118.14.2.el7uek, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:dtrace-modules-3.8.13-118.14.2.el6uek, 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 Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/20/2016

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/25/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-8956, CVE-2016-2053, CVE-2016-3070, CVE-2016-3699, CVE-2016-4569, CVE-2016-4578, CVE-2016-6136, CVE-2016-6327, CVE-2016-6480