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Oracle Linux 5 : kernel (ELSA-2009-0326)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 67812

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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-2009-0326 advisory.

 - [net] fix icmp_send and icmpv6_send host re-lookup code (Jiri Pirko ) [489253 439670] {CVE-2009-0778}
 - [net] skfp_ioctl inverted logic flaw (Eugene Teo ) [486539 486540] {CVE-2009-0675}
 - [net] memory disclosure in SO_BSDCOMPAT gsopt (Eugene Teo ) [486517 486518] {CVE-2009-0676}
 - [misc] minor signal handling vulnerability (Oleg Nesterov ) [479963 479964] {CVE-2009-0028}
 - [fs] ecryptfs: readlink flaw (Eric Sandeen ) [481606 481607] {CVE-2009-0269}
 - [block] enforce a minimum SG_IO timeout (Eugene Teo ) [475405 475406] {CVE-2008-5700}
 - [fs] ext[234]: directory corruption DoS (Eugene Teo ) [459601 459604] {CVE-2008-3528}

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-2009-0326.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 67812

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2009-0326.nasl

Version: 1.21

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: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2.1

Temporal Score: 1.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2009-0676

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:ocfs2-2.6.18-128.1.6.0.1.el5, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-xen, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:5, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-pae-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:ocfs2-2.6.18-128.1.6.0.1.el5xen, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:ocfs2-2.6.18-128.1.6.0.1.el5pae, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:oracleasm-2.6.18-128.1.6.0.1.el5pae, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-xen-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:oracleasm-2.6.18-128.1.6.0.1.el5, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-pae, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:oracleasm-2.6.18-128.1.6.0.1.el5xen, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:ocfs2-2.6.18-128.1.6.0.1.el5debug, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-debug-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-debug, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:oracleasm-2.6.18-128.1.6.0.1.el5debug, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-headers, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/2/2009

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/27/2008

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2008-3528, CVE-2008-5700, CVE-2009-0028, CVE-2009-0269, CVE-2009-0322, CVE-2009-0675, CVE-2009-0676, CVE-2009-0778

BID: 33846

RHSA: 2009:0326