Oracle Linux 5 / 6 : Unbreakable Enterprise kernel (ELSA-2017-3516)

high Nessus Plugin ID 97118

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 5 / 6 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2017-3516 advisory.

- vfs: read file_handle only once in handle_to_path (Sasha Levin) [Orabug: 25388709] {CVE-2015-1420}
- USB: usbfs: fix potential infoleak in devio (Kangjie Lu) [Orabug: 25462763] {CVE-2016-4482}
- net: fix infoleak in llc (Kangjie Lu) [Orabug: 25462811] {CVE-2016-4485}
- af_unix: Guard against other == sk in unix_dgram_sendmsg (Rainer Weikusat) [Orabug: 25464000] {CVE-2013-7446}

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-2017-3516.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 97118

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2017-3516.nasl

Version: 3.13

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/13/2017

Updated: 11/1/2024

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.4

Temporal Score: 4.2

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2013-7446

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2016-4485

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:oracle:linux:5, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek-debug-devel, 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/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/OracleLinux

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/9/2017

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/29/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2013-7446, CVE-2015-1420, CVE-2016-4482, CVE-2016-4485, CVE-2016-8646