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Oracle Linux 5 / 6 : Unbreakable Enterprise kernel (ELSA-2013-2520)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 68852

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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-2013-2520 advisory.

 - mm/hotplug: correctly add new zone to all other nodes' zone lists (Jiang Liu) [Orabug: 16603569] {CVE-2012-5517}
 - ptrace: ptrace_resume() shouldn't wake up !TASK_TRACED thread (Oleg Nesterov) [Orabug: 16405868] {CVE-2013-0871}
 - ptrace: ensure arch_ptrace/ptrace_request can never race with SIGKILL (Oleg Nesterov) [Orabug: 16405868] {CVE-2013-0871}
 - ptrace: introduce signal_wake_up_state() and ptrace_signal_wake_up() (Oleg Nesterov) [Orabug: 16405868] {CVE-2013-0871}
 - Bluetooth: Fix incorrect strncpy() in hidp_setup_hid() (Anderson Lizardo) [Orabug: 16711062] {CVE-2013-0349}
 - dccp: check ccid before dereferencing (Mathias Krause) [Orabug: 16711040] {CVE-2013-1827}
 - USB: io_ti: Fix NULL dereference in chase_port() (Wolfgang Frisch) [Orabug: 16425435] {CVE-2013-1774}
 - keys: fix race with concurrent install_user_keyrings() (David Howells) [Orabug: 16493369] {CVE-2013-1792}
 - KVM: Fix bounds checking in ioapic indirect register reads (CVE-2013-1798) (Andy Honig) [Orabug:
 16710937] {CVE-2013-1798}
 - KVM: x86: fix for buffer overflow in handling of MSR_KVM_SYSTEM_TIME (CVE-2013-1796) (Jerry Snitselaar) [Orabug: 16710794] {CVE-2013-1796}
 - net/tun: fix ioctl() based info leaks (Mathias Krause) [Orabug: 16675501] {CVE-2012-6547}
 - atm: fix info leak via getsockname() (Mathias Krause) [Orabug: 16675501] {CVE-2012-6546}
 - atm: fix info leak in getsockopt(SO_ATMPVC) (Mathias Krause) [Orabug: 16675501] {CVE-2012-6546}
 - xfrm_user: fix info leak in copy_to_user_tmpl() (Mathias Krause) [Orabug: 16675501] {CVE-2012-6537}
 - xfrm_user: fix info leak in copy_to_user_policy() (Mathias Krause) [Orabug: 16675501] {CVE-2012-6537}
 - xfrm_user: fix info leak in copy_to_user_state() (Mathias Krause) [Orabug: 16675501] {CVE-2013-6537}
 - xfrm_user: return error pointer instead of NULL #2 (Mathias Krause) [Orabug: 16675501] {CVE-2013-1826}

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-2013-2520.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 68852

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2013-2520.nasl

Version: 1.17

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: High

Score: 7.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.9

Temporal Score: 5.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2013-0871

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 5.1

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:F/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2013-0349

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek-headers, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:5, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:ofa-2.6.32-400.26.2.el6uekdebug, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:mlnx_en-2.6.32-400.26.2.el6uek, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:mlnx_en-2.6.32-400.26.2.el5uek, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:ofa-2.6.32-400.26.2.el6uek, 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:ofa-2.6.32-400.26.2.el5uekdebug, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek-firmware, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:mlnx_en-2.6.32-400.26.2.el5uekdebug, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:ofa-2.6.32-400.26.2.el5uek, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:mlnx_en-2.6.32-400.26.2.el6uekdebug, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:6

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/24/2013

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/25/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-4508, CVE-2012-5517, CVE-2012-6537, CVE-2012-6546, CVE-2012-6547, CVE-2013-0309, CVE-2013-0310, CVE-2013-0349, CVE-2013-0871, CVE-2013-1774, CVE-2013-1792, CVE-2013-1796, CVE-2013-1798, CVE-2013-1826, CVE-2013-1827

BID: 56527, 57986, 58112, 58202, 58368, 58381, 58383, 58604, 58607, 58977, 58992, 58996