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Oracle Linux 6 / 7 : Unbreakable Enterprise kernel (ELSA-2023-12688)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 179069

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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-2023-12688 advisory.

 - media: dm1105: Fix use after free bug in dm1105_remove due to race condition (Zheng Wang) [Orabug:
 35514108] {CVE-2023-35824}
 - media: dvb-core: Fix kernel WARNING for blocking operation in wait_event*() (Takashi Iwai) [Orabug:
 35477742] {CVE-2023-31084}
 - media: dvb_frontend: fix locking issues at dvb_frontend_get_event() (Mauro Carvalho Chehab) [Orabug:
 35477742] {CVE-2023-31084}
 - media: dvb-core: Fix UAF due to refcount races at releasing (Takashi Iwai) [Orabug: 34820632] {CVE-2022-41218}
 - ipvlan:Fix out-of-bounds caused by unclear skb->cb (t.feng) [Orabug: 35550146] {CVE-2023-3090}
 - memstick: r592: Fix UAF bug in r592_remove due to race condition (Zheng Wang) [Orabug: 35514146] {CVE-2023-3141}
 - fbcon: Check font dimension limits (Samuel Thibault) [Orabug: 35493679] {CVE-2023-3161}

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-2023-12688.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 179069

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2023-12688.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/31/2023

Updated: 10/23/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-3090

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 7

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:P/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.3

Threat Score: 8.5

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:P

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek-debug-devel, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:7, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek-debug, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek-doc, cpe:/a:oracle:linux:7::uekr4, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek-firmware, cpe:/a:oracle:linux:6:10:uekr4_els, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:6

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: 7/31/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/21/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-41218, CVE-2023-1380, CVE-2023-3090, CVE-2023-31084, CVE-2023-3141, CVE-2023-3161, CVE-2023-35824