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Oracle Linux 6 / 7 : Unbreakable Enterprise kernel (ELSA-2019-4315)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 120976

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 6 / 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2019-4315 advisory.

 - pinctrl: amd: Use devm_pinctrl_register() for pinctrl registration (Laxman Dewangan) [Orabug: 27539246] {CVE-2017-18174}
 - mlock: fix mlock count can not decrease in race condition (Yisheng Xie) [Orabug: 27677611] {CVE-2017-18221}
 - perf/core: Fix the perf_cpu_time_max_percent check (Tan Xiaojun) [Orabug: 27823815] {CVE-2017-18255}
 - mm: cma: fix incorrect type conversion for size during dma allocation (Rohit Vaswani) [Orabug:
 28407826] {CVE-2017-9725}
 - ext4: fail ext4_iget for root directory if unallocated (Theodore Ts'o) [Orabug: 29048557] {CVE-2018-1092} {CVE-2018-1092}
 - Bluetooth: hidp: buffer overflow in hidp_process_report (Mark Salyzyn) [Orabug: 29121215] {CVE-2018-9363} {CVE-2018-9363}
 - HID: debug: check length before copy_to_user() (Daniel Rosenberg) [Orabug: 29128165] {CVE-2018-9516}
 - x86/MCE: Serialize sysfs changes (Seunghun Han) [Orabug: 29149888] {CVE-2018-7995}

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-2019-4315.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 120976

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2019-4315.nasl

Version: 1.11

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/7/2019

Updated: 10/23/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.3

Temporal Score: 6.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-9725

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

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:U/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-18174

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek-debug-devel, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:7, 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, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek-debug, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:6

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: 1/3/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/27/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-18079, CVE-2017-18174, CVE-2017-18221, CVE-2017-18255, CVE-2017-9725, CVE-2018-1092, CVE-2018-7995, CVE-2018-9363, CVE-2018-9516