Oracle Linux 6 / 7 : Unbreakable Enterprise kernel (ELSA-2017-3539)

high Nessus Plugin ID 99389

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-2017-3539 advisory.

- KVM: x86: fix emulation of 'MOV SS, null selector' (Paolo Bonzini) [Orabug: 25719659] {CVE-2017-2583} {CVE-2017-2583}
- ext4: store checksum seed in superblock (Darrick J. Wong) [Orabug: 25719728] {CVE-2016-10208}
- ext4: reserve code points for the project quota feature (Theodore Ts'o) [Orabug: 25719728] {CVE-2016-10208}
- ext4: validate s_first_meta_bg at mount time (Eryu Guan) [Orabug: 25719728] {CVE-2016-10208}
- ext4: clean up feature test macros with predicate functions (Darrick J. Wong) [Orabug: 25719728] {CVE-2016-10208}
- sctp: avoid BUG_ON on sctp_wait_for_sndbuf (Marcelo Ricardo Leitner) [Orabug: 25719793] {CVE-2017-5986}
- tcp: avoid infinite loop in tcp_splice_read() (Eric Dumazet) [Orabug: 25720805] {CVE-2017-6214}
- ip: fix IP_CHECKSUM handling (Paolo Abeni) [Orabug: 25720839] {CVE-2017-6347}
- udp: fix IP_CHECKSUM handling (Eric Dumazet) [Orabug: 25720839] {CVE-2017-6347}
- udp: do not expect udp headers in recv cmsg IP_CMSG_CHECKSUM (Willem de Bruijn) [Orabug: 25720839] {CVE-2017-6347}
- xfrm_user: validate XFRM_MSG_NEWAE incoming ESN size harder (Andy Whitcroft) [Orabug: 25814641] {CVE-2017-7184}
- xfrm_user: validate XFRM_MSG_NEWAE XFRMA_REPLAY_ESN_VAL replay_window (Andy Whitcroft) [Orabug:
25814641] {CVE-2017-7184}

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-2017-3539.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 99389

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2017-3539.nasl

Version: 3.12

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 4/14/2017

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: 9.3

Temporal Score: 7.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2016-7910

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.4

Temporal Score: 7.6

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/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-2017-2583

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:kernel-uek-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:dtrace-modules-4.1.12-61.1.34.el6uek, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:dtrace-modules-4.1.12-61.1.34.el7uek, 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 Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/13/2017

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/7/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-10208, CVE-2016-7910, CVE-2017-2583, CVE-2017-5986, CVE-2017-6214, CVE-2017-6347, CVE-2017-7184