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Oracle Linux 5 : kernel (ELSA-2012-1323)

high Nessus Plugin ID 68632

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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-2012-1323 advisory.

 - [net] sfc: Fix max no of TSO segments and min TX queue size (Michal Schmidt) [845554 845555] {CVE-2012-3412}
 - [kernel] xacct_add_tsk: fix pure theoretical ->mm use-after-free (Nikola Pajkovsky) [849723 849725] {CVE-2012-3510}
 - [fs] hfsplus: Buffer overflow in the HFS plus filesystem (Jacob Tanenbaum) [820255 820256] {CVE-2012-2319}
 - [net] rds: set correct msg_namelen (Weiping Pan) [822727 822728] {CVE-2012-3430}

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-2012-1323.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 68632

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2012-1323.nasl

Version: 1.16

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: 5.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2012-2319

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 7

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:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:oracleasm-2.6.18-308.16.1.el5xen, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-xen, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:ocfs2-2.6.18-308.16.1.el5xen, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:5, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:ocfs2-2.6.18-308.16.1.el5, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:ocfs2-2.6.18-308.16.1.el5pae, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-pae-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:oracleasm-2.6.18-308.16.1.el5, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-xen-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-pae, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:oracleasm-2.6.18-308.16.1.el5debug, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:oracleasm-2.6.18-308.16.1.el5pae, 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, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:ocfs2-2.6.18-308.16.1.el5debug

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: 10/4/2012

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/17/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-2319, CVE-2012-3412, CVE-2012-3430, CVE-2012-3510

BID: 53401, 54702, 54763, 55144

RHSA: 2012:1323