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Oracle Linux 6 : kernel (ELSA-2017-0307)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 97371

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 6 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2017-0307 advisory.

 - [net] dccp: fix freeing skb too early for IPV6_RECVPKTINFO (Hannes Frederic Sowa) [1424626 1424628] {CVE-2017-6074}
 - [net] sctp: validate chunk len before actually using it (Hangbin Liu) [1399456 1399457] {CVE-2016-9555}
 - [kernel] audit: fix a double fetch in audit_log_single_execve_arg() (Paul Moore) [1359302 1359304] {CVE-2016-6136}

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-2017-0307.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 97371

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2017-0307.nasl

Version: 3.12

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/24/2017

Updated: 10/22/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2016-9555

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/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-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:perf, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-firmware, 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, 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: 2/23/2017

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/4/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-6136, CVE-2016-9555

RHSA: 2017:0307