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Oracle Linux 5 / 6 : Unbreakable Enterprise kernel (ELSA-2013-2507)

high Nessus Plugin ID 68847

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 5 / 6 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2013-2507 advisory.

 - vhost: fix length for cross region descriptor (Michael S. Tsirkin) [Orabug:
 16387183] {CVE-2013-0311}
 - x86/xen: don't assume %ds is usable in xen_iret for 32-bit PVOPS. (Jan Beulich) {CVE-2013-0228}
 - kmod: make __request_module() killable (Oleg Nesterov) [Orabug: 16286305] {CVE-2012-4398}
 - kmod: introduce call_modprobe() helper (Oleg Nesterov) [Orabug: 16286305] {CVE-2012-4398}
 - usermodehelper: implement UMH_KILLABLE (Oleg Nesterov) [Orabug: 16286305] {CVE-2012-4398}
 - usermodehelper: introduce umh_complete(sub_info) (Oleg Nesterov) [Orabug:
 16286305] {CVE-2012-4398}
 - KVM: x86: invalid opcode oops on SET_SREGS with OSXSAVE bit set (CVE-2012-4461) (Jerry Snitselaar) [Orabug: 16286290] {CVE-2012-4461}
 - exec: do not leave bprm->interp on stack (Kees Cook) [Orabug: 16286267] {CVE-2012-4530}
 - exec: use -ELOOP for max recursion depth (Kees Cook) [Orabug: 16286267] {CVE-2012-4530}
 - xen-pciback: rate limit error messages from xen_pcibk_enable_msi{,x}() (Jan Beulich) [Orabug: 16243736] {CVE-2013-0231}
 - netback: correct netbk_tx_err to handle wrap around. (Ian Campbell) [Orabug:
 16243309] {CVE-2013-0216 CVE-2013-0217}
 - xen/netback: free already allocated memory on failure in xen_netbk_get_requests (Ian Campbell) [Orabug: 16243309] {CVE-2013-0216 CVE-2013-0217}
 - xen/netback: don't leak pages on failure in xen_netbk_tx_check_gop. (Ian Campbell) [Orabug: 16243309] {CVE-2013-0216 CVE-2013-0217}
 - xen: Fix stack corruption in xen_failsafe_callback for 32bit PVOPS guests.
 (Andrew Cooper) {CVE-2013-0190}
 - Fix length of buffer copied in __nfs4_get_acl_uncached (Sachin Prabhu) [Bug- db: 14798] {CVE-2012-2375}
 - Avoid reading past buffer when calling GETACL (Sachin Prabhu) [Bug-db: 14798] {CVE-2012-2375}
 - Avoid beyond bounds copy while caching ACL (Sachin Prabhu) [Bug-db: 14798] {CVE-2012-2375}

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-2013-2507.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 68847

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2013-2507.nasl

Version: 1.19

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/12/2013

Updated: 4/29/2025

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.6

Temporal Score: 4.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2013-0310

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:oracle:linux:5, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek-debug-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek-debug, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek-doc, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek-firmware, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:6

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/27/2013

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/13/2013

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2013-0228, CVE-2013-0309, CVE-2013-0310, CVE-2013-0311