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Oracle Linux 6 : kernel (ELSA-2017-0817)

high Nessus Plugin ID 99074

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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-2017-0817 advisory.

 - [net] dccp: fix freeing skb too early for IPV6_RECVPKTINFO (Hannes Frederic Sowa) [1424628] {CVE-2017-6074}
 - [fs] posix_acl: Clear SGID bit when setting file permissions (Andreas Grunbacher) [1371252] {CVE-2016-7097}
 - [fs] switch posix_acl_equiv_mode() to umode_t * (Andreas Grunbacher) [1371252] {CVE-2016-7097}
 - [net] ipv6: stop sending PTB packets for MTU < 1280 (Hannes Frederic Sowa) [1415931] {CVE-2016-10142}
 - [net] ping: check minimum size on ICMP header length (Mateusz Guzik) [1414202] {CVE-2016-8399}
 - [scsi] sg_write()/bsg_write() is not fit to be called under KERNEL_DS (Ewan Milne) [1414823] {CVE-2016-10088 CVE-2016-9576}
 - [net] sctp: validate chunk len before actually using it (Hangbin Liu) [1399457] {CVE-2016-9555}
 - [kernel] audit: fix a double fetch in audit_log_single_execve_arg() (Paul Moore) [1359304] {CVE-2016-6136}
 - [security] keys: Fix short sprintf buffer in /proc/keys show function (Frantisek Hrbata) [1375208] {CVE-2016-7042}
 - [net] Fix use after free in the recvmmsg exit path (Davide Caratti) [1390046] {CVE-2016-7117}
 - [net] tcp: fix use after free in tcp_xmit_retransmit_queue() (Mateusz Guzik) [1379529] {CVE-2016-6828}
 - [net] netfilter: x_tables: check for bogus target offset (Mateusz Guzik) [1351422] {CVE-2016-4998}
 - [net] netfilter: x_tables: validate e->target_offset early (Mateusz Guzik) [1351422] {CVE-2016-4998}
 - [net] netfilter: x_tables: make sure e->next_offset covers remaining blob size (Mateusz Guzik) [1351422] {CVE-2016-4998}

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-2017-0817.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 99074

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2017-0817.nasl

Version: 3.14

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 3/30/2017

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: 7.6

Temporal Score: 6.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2016-8399

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 7.5

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:H/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2016-9576

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 Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/27/2017

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/24/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-10088, CVE-2016-10142, CVE-2016-2069, CVE-2016-2384, CVE-2016-6480, CVE-2016-7042, CVE-2016-7097, CVE-2016-8399, CVE-2016-9576

RHSA: 2017:0817