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Oracle Linux 5 / 6 : Unbreakable Enterprise kernel Security (ELSA-2013-2525)

high Nessus Plugin ID 68855

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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-2013-2525 advisory.

 - net: fix incorrect credentials passing (Linus Torvalds) [Orabug: 16836975] {CVE-2013-1979}
 - tg3: fix length overflow in VPD firmware parsing (Kees Cook) [Orabug: 16836958] {CVE-2013-1929}
 - USB: cdc-wdm: fix buffer overflow (Oliver Neukum) [Orabug: 16836943] {CVE-2013-1860}
 - ext3: Fix format string issues (Lars-Peter Clausen) [Orabug: 16836934] {CVE-2013-1848}
 - perf: Treat attr.config as u64 in perf_swevent_init() (Tommi Rantala) [Orabug: 16808734] {CVE-2013-2094}
 - block: default SCSI command filter does not accomodate commands overlap across device classes (Jamie Iles) [Orabug: 16387137] {CVE-2012-4542}
 - KVM: x86: Convert MSR_KVM_SYSTEM_TIME to use gfn_to_hva_cache functions (CVE-2013-1797) (Andy Honig) [Orabug: 16711660] {CVE-2013-1797}
 - Bluetooth: Fix incorrect strncpy() in hidp_setup_hid() (Anderson Lizardo) [Orabug: 16711065] {CVE-2013-0349}
 - USB: io_ti: Fix NULL dereference in chase_port() (Wolfgang Frisch) [Orabug: 16425358] {CVE-2013-1774}
 - keys: fix race with concurrent install_user_keyrings() (David Howells) [Orabug: 16493354] {CVE-2013-1792}
 - KVM: Fix bounds checking in ioapic indirect register reads (CVE-2013-1798) (Andy Honig) [Orabug:
 16710951] {CVE-2013-1798}
 - KVM: x86: fix for buffer overflow in handling of MSR_KVM_SYSTEM_TIME (CVE-2013-1796) (Andy Honig) [Orabug: 16710806] {CVE-2013-1796}
 - llc: fix info leak via getsockname() (Mathias Krause) [Orabug: 16675488] {CVE-2012-6542}

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-2013-2525.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 68855

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2013-2525.nasl

Version: 1.25

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/12/2013

Updated: 4/30/2025

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.9

Temporal Score: 5.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2013-1979

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: 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 Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/12/2013

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/5/2013

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-6542, CVE-2013-1848, CVE-2013-1860, CVE-2013-1929, CVE-2013-1979