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Oracle Linux 5 : kernel (ELSA-2014-0740)

high Nessus Plugin ID 74482

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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-2014-0740 advisory.

 - [infiniband] rds: dereference of a NULL device (Jacob Tanenbaum) [1079216 1079217] {CVE-2013-7339}
 - [block] floppy: don't write kernel-only members to FDRAWCMD output (Denys Vlasenko) [1094302 1094303] {CVE-2014-1738 CVE-2014-1737}

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-2014-0740.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 74482

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2014-0740.nasl

Version: 1.13

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/12/2014

Updated: 4/29/2025

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, 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-2014-1737

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:kernel-xen, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:5, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:ocfs2-2.6.18-371.9.1.el5debug, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-pae-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-xen-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-pae, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:ocfs2-2.6.18-371.9.1.el5, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:ocfs2-2.6.18-371.9.1.el5pae, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:ocfs2-2.6.18-371.9.1.el5xen, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:oracleasm-2.6.18-371.9.1.el5, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:oracleasm-2.6.18-371.9.1.el5pae, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-debug-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:oracleasm-2.6.18-371.9.1.el5xen, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:oracleasm-2.6.18-371.9.1.el5debug, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-debug, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-headers, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/11/2014

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/24/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2013-7339, CVE-2014-1737, CVE-2014-1738

BID: 66351, 67300, 67302

RHSA: 2014:0740