Oracle Linux 8 / 9 : Unbreakable Enterprise kernel (ELSA-2022-9827)

high Nessus Plugin ID 165315

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 8 / 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2022-9827 advisory.

- posix-cpu-timers: Cleanup CPU timers before freeing them during exec (Thadeu Lima de Souza Cascardo) [Orabug: 34495548] {CVE-2022-2585}
- netfilter: nf_tables: do not allow RULE_ID to refer to another chain (Thadeu Lima de Souza Cascardo) [Orabug: 34495566] {CVE-2022-2586}
- netfilter: nf_tables: do not allow CHAIN_ID to refer to another table (Thadeu Lima de Souza Cascardo) [Orabug: 34495566] {CVE-2022-2586}
- netfilter: nf_tables: do not allow SET_ID to refer to another table (Thadeu Lima de Souza Cascardo) [Orabug: 34495566] {CVE-2022-2586}
- rds: copy_from_user only once per rds_sendmsg system call (Hans Westgaard Ry) [Orabug: 34510687] {CVE-2022-21385}
- scsi: target: Fix WRITE_SAME No Data Buffer crash (Mike Christie) [Orabug: 34419970] {CVE-2022-21546}
- net_sched: cls_route: remove from list when handle is 0 (Thadeu Lima de Souza Cascardo) [Orabug:
34484536] {CVE-2022-2588}

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-2022-9827.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 165315

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2022-9827.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/22/2022

Updated: 10/22/2024

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Critical

Score: 9.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 6.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-34918

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 7.5

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:H/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek-modules, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:9, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:bpftool, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek-debug-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek-debug, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:8, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek-debug-core, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek-doc, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek-debug-modules-extra, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek-modules-extra, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek-core, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek-debug-modules

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/21/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/4/2022

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability Due Dates: 7/17/2024

Exploitable With

Core Impact

Metasploit (Netfilter nft_set_elem_init Heap Overflow Privilege Escalation)

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-21385, CVE-2022-21546, CVE-2022-2585, CVE-2022-2586, CVE-2022-2588, CVE-2022-34918