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Oracle Linux 7 : kernel (ELSA-2017-0933)

high Nessus Plugin ID 99333

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2017-0933 advisory.

 - [tty] n_hdlc: get rid of racy n_hdlc.tbuf ('Herton R. Krzesinski') [1429919 1429920] {CVE-2017-2636}
 - [security] selinux: fix off-by-one in setprocattr (Paul Moore) [1422368 1422369] {CVE-2017-2618}
 - [net] avoid signed overflows for SO_{SND|RCV}BUFFORCE (Sabrina Dubroca) [1412473 1412474] {CVE-2016-9793}
 - [lib] mpi: Fix NULL ptr dereference in mpi_powm() (Mateusz Guzik) [1398457 1398458] {CVE-2016-8650}
 - [net] dccp: fix freeing skb too early for IPV6_RECVPKTINFO (Hannes Frederic Sowa) [1423462 1423463] {CVE-2017-6074}

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-2017-0933.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 99333

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2017-0933.nasl

Version: 3.14

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 4/13/2017

Updated: 10/23/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-2636

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 7.2

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:F/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-abi-whitelists, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-tools-libs-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-tools-libs, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:perf, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:7, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-tools, 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

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: 4/12/2017

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/25/2016

Exploitable With

Core Impact

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-8650, CVE-2016-9793, CVE-2017-2618, CVE-2017-2636

RHSA: 2017:0933