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Oracle Linux 7 : kernel (ELSA-2017-2473-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 102533

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Synopsis

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

Description

Description of changes:

[3.10.0-693.1.1.OL7]
- Oracle Linux certificates (Alexey Petrenko)
- Oracle Linux RHCK Module Signing Key was compiled into kernel (olkmod_signing_key.x509)(<A HREF='https://oss.oracle.com/mailman/listinfo/el-errata'>alexey.petrenko at oracle.com</A>)
- Update x509.genkey [bug 24817676]

[3.10.0-693.1.1]
- [fs] dentry name snapshots (Miklos Szeredi) [1471131 1470403] {CVE-2017-7533}
- [fs] fix the regression from 'direct-io: Fix negative return from dio read beyond eof' (Eric Sandeen) [1475669 1473549]
- [fs] direct-io: Fix negative return from dio read beyond eof (Eric Sandeen) [1475669 1473549]

Solution

Update the affected kernel packages.

See Also

https://oss.oracle.com/pipermail/el-errata/2017-August/007130.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 102533

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2017-2473-1.nasl

Version: 3.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 8/17/2017

Updated: 11/26/2025

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, 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-2017-7533

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7

Temporal Score: 6.3

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/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-headers, 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-doc, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/16/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-7533