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Oracle Linux 7 : kernel (ELSA-2015-1778)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 85958

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2015-1778 advisory.

 - [security] keys: Ensure we free the assoc array edit if edit is valid (David Howells) [1246039 1244171] {CVE-2015-1333}
 - [net] udp: fix behavior of wrong checksums (Denys Vlasenko) [1240760 1240761] {CVE-2015-5364 CVE-2015-5366}
 - [x86] bpf_jit: fix compilation of large bpf programs (Denys Vlasenko) [1236938 1236939] {CVE-2015-4700}
 - [net] sctp: fix ASCONF list handling (Marcelo Leitner) [1227960 1206474] {CVE-2015-3212}
 - [fs] ext4: allocate entire range in zero range (Lukas Czerner) [1193909 1187071] {CVE-2015-0275}
 - [x86] ASLR bruteforce possible for vdso library (Jacob Tanenbaum) [1184898 1184899] {CVE-2014-9585}

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-2015-1778.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 85958

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2015-1778.nasl

Version: 2.15

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/16/2015

Updated: 4/29/2025

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2.1

Temporal Score: 1.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2014-9585

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2015-5366

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-abi-whitelists, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-tools-libs-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-tools-libs, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:perf, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:7, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-tools, 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

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/15/2015

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/9/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-9585, CVE-2015-0275, CVE-2015-1333, CVE-2015-3212, CVE-2015-4700, CVE-2015-5364, CVE-2015-5366

RHSA: 2015:1778