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Oracle Linux 6 : kernel (ELSA-2013-0744)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 68807

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 6 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2013-0744 advisory.

 - [virt] kvm: accept unaligned MSR_KVM_SYSTEM_TIME writes (Petr Matousek) [917020 917021] {CVE-2013-1796}
 - [virt] kvm: do not #GP on unaligned MSR_KVM_SYSTEM_TIME write (Gleb Natapov) [917020 917021] {CVE-2013-1796}
 - [drm] i915: bounds check execbuffer relocation count (Nikola Pajkovsky) [920523 920525] {CVE-2013-0913}
 - [kvm] Convert MSR_KVM_SYSTEM_TIME to use gfn_to_hva_cache functions (Gleb Natapov) [917024 917025] {CVE-2013-1797}
 - [kvm] Fix for buffer overflow in handling of MSR_KVM_SYSTEM_TIME (Gleb Natapov) [917020 917021] {CVE-2013-1796}
 - [kvm] Fix bounds checking in ioapic indirect register reads (Gleb Natapov) [917030 917032] {CVE-2013-1798}
 - [kvm] x86: release kvmclock page on reset (Gleb Natapov) [917024 917025] {CVE-2013-1797}
 - [security] keys: Fix race with concurrent install_user_keyrings() (David Howells) [916681 913258] {CVE-2013-1792}
 - [net] xfrm_user: fix info leak in copy_to_user_tmpl() (Thomas Graf) [922428 922429] {CVE-2012-6537}
 - [net] xfrm_user: fix info leak in copy_to_user_policy() (Thomas Graf) [922428 922429] {CVE-2012-6537}
 - [net] xfrm_user: fix info leak in copy_to_user_state() (Thomas Graf) [922428 922429] {CVE-2012-6537}
 - [net] xfrm_user: fix info leak in copy_to_user_auth() (Thomas Graf) [922428 922429] {CVE-2012-6537}
 - [net] atm: fix info leak in getsockopt(SO_ATMPVC) (Thomas Graf) [922386 922387] {CVE-2012-6546}
 - [net] atm: fix info leak via getsockname() (Thomas Graf) [922386 922387] {CVE-2012-6546}
 - [fs] nls: improve UTF8 -> UTF16 string conversion routine (Nikola Pajkovsky) [916118 916119] {CVE-2013-1773}
 - [fs] fat: Fix stat->f_namelen (Nikola Pajkovsky) [916118 916119] {CVE-2013-1773}
 - [netdrv] tun: fix ioctl() based info leaks (Thomas Graf) [922350 922351] {CVE-2012-6547}
 - [usb] io_ti: Fix NULL dereference in chase_port() (Nikola Pajkovsky) [916198 916200] {CVE-2013-1774}
 - [net] bluetooth: Fix incorrect strncpy() in hidp_setup_hid() (Nikola Pajkovsky) [914690 914691] {CVE-2013-0349}
 - [net] xfrm_user: return error pointer instead of NULL (Thomas Graf) [919388 919389] {CVE-2013-1826}
 - [net] dccp: check ccid before NULL poiter dereference (Weiping Pan) [919187 919188] {CVE-2013-1827}
 - [mm] tmpfs: fix use-after-free of mempolicy object (Nikola Pajkovsky) [915714 915715] {CVE-2013-1767}

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-2013-0744.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 68807

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2013-0744.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: 6.7

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-2013-0913

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2013-0349

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:perf, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-firmware, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:python-perf, 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, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:6

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: 4/23/2013

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/22/2013

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-6537, CVE-2012-6546, CVE-2012-6547, CVE-2013-0349, CVE-2013-0913, CVE-2013-1767, CVE-2013-1773, CVE-2013-1774, CVE-2013-1792, CVE-2013-1796, CVE-2013-1797, CVE-2013-1798, CVE-2013-1826, CVE-2013-1827

BID: 58112, 58177, 58200, 58202, 58368, 58381, 58383, 58427, 58604, 58605, 58607, 58977, 58992, 58996

RHSA: 2013:0744