Oracle Linux 6 / 7 : Unbreakable Enterprise kernel (ELSA-2019-4810)

High Nessus Plugin ID 129551

Synopsis

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

Description

Description of changes:

kernel-uek [3.8.13-118.39.1.el7uek]
- tcp: purge write queue in tcp_connect_init() (Eric Dumazet) [Orabug: 30240134] {CVE-2019-15239}
- cx24116: fix a buffer overflow when checking userspace params (Mauro Carvalho Chehab) [Orabug: 30254282] {CVE-2015-9289}
- floppy: fix out-of-bounds read in copy_buffer (Denis Efremov) [Orabug: 30318220] {CVE-2019-14283}
- ext4: fix data corruption caused by unaligned direct AIO (Lukas Czerner) [Orabug: 30324140]

Solution

Update the affected unbreakable enterprise kernel packages.

See Also

https://oss.oracle.com/pipermail/el-errata/2019-October/009214.html

https://oss.oracle.com/pipermail/el-errata/2019-October/009215.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 129551

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2019-4810.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2019/10/03

Updated: 2019/12/23

Dependencies: 12634, 122878

Risk Information

Risk Factor: High

CVSS v2.0

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C

CVSS v3.0

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.8

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:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:dtrace-modules-3.8.13-118.39.1.el6uek, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:dtrace-modules-3.8.13-118.39.1.el7uek, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek-debug, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek-debug-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek-doc, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek-firmware, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:6, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:7

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: 2019/10/02

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2019/07/26

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-9289, CVE-2019-14283, CVE-2019-15239