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Oracle Linux 5 : kernel (ELSA-2010-0019)

high Nessus Plugin ID 67982

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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-2010-0019 advisory.

 [2.6.18-164.10.1.0.1.el5]
 - [xen] check to see if hypervisor supports memory reservation change (Chuck Anderson) [orabug 7556514]
 - Add entropy support to igb ( John Sobecki) [orabug 7607479]
 - [nfs] convert ENETUNREACH to ENOTCONN [orabug 7689332]
 - [NET] Add xen pv/bonding netconsole support (Tina yang) [orabug 6993043] [bz 7258]
 - [MM] shrink zone patch (John Sobecki,Chris Mason) [orabug 6086839]
 - fix aacraid not to reset during kexec (Joe Jin) [orabug 8516042]
 - [nfsd] fix failure of file creation from hpux client (Wen gang Wang) [orabug 7579314]
 - FP register state is corrupted during the handling a SIGSEGV (Chuck Anderson) [orabug 7708133]

 [2.6.18-164.10.1.el5]
 - [net] e1000, r9169: fix rx length check errors (Cong Wang ) [550914 550915]
 - [net] e1000e: fix rx length check errors (Amerigo Wang ) [551222 551223]
 - [net] ipv6: fix ipv6_hop_jumbo remote system crash (Amerigo Wang ) [548642 548643] {CVE-2007-4567}

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-2010-0019.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 67982

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2010-0019.nasl

Version: 1.22

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: 6.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 8.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2009-4538

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 7.2

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

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2007-4567

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:ocfs2-2.6.18-164.10.1.0.1.el5xen, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-xen, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:5, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:oracleasm-2.6.18-164.10.1.0.1.el5xen, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-pae-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:oracleasm-2.6.18-164.10.1.0.1.el5debug, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-xen-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-pae, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:oracleasm-2.6.18-164.10.1.0.1.el5pae, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-debug-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:ocfs2-2.6.18-164.10.1.0.1.el5, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:ocfs2-2.6.18-164.10.1.0.1.el5debug, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-debug, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:ocfs2-2.6.18-164.10.1.0.1.el5pae, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:oracleasm-2.6.18-164.10.1.0.1.el5, 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: 1/8/2010

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/20/2007

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2007-4567, CVE-2009-4536, CVE-2009-4537, CVE-2009-4538

BID: 36706, 37519, 37523

RHSA: 2010:0019