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Oracle Linux 5 : kernel (ELSA-2008-0519)

high Nessus Plugin ID 67706

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 5 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2008-0519 advisory.

 - [x86_64] copy_user doesn't zero tail bytes on page fault (Vitaly Mayatskikh) [451275 451276] {CVE-2008-2729}
 - [x86_64] fix possible data leaks in copy_from_user() routine (Anton Arapov ) [433944 433945] {CVE-2008-0598}
 - [net] DCCP sanity check feature length (Anton Arapov ) [447395 447396] {CVE-2008-2358}

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-2008-0519.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 67706

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2008-0519.nasl

Version: 1.17

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/12/2013

Updated: 4/29/2025

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2008-2358

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.8

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:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-xen, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:5, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:oracleasm-2.6.18-92.1.6.0.2.el5xen, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:ocfs2-2.6.18-92.1.6.0.2.el5pae, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:oracleasm-2.6.18-92.1.6.0.2.el5pae, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-pae-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:oracleasm-2.6.18-92.1.6.0.2.el5debug, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-xen-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-pae, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-debug-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:ocfs2-2.6.18-92.1.6.0.2.el5, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:ocfs2-2.6.18-92.1.6.0.2.el5debug, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-debug, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-headers, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:ocfs2-2.6.18-92.1.6.0.2.el5xen, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:oracleasm-2.6.18-92.1.6.0.2.el5

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/OracleLinux

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/27/2008

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/9/2008

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2008-0598, CVE-2008-2358, CVE-2008-2729

BID: 29603, 29942

RHSA: 2008:0519