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Oracle Linux 6 / 7 : Unbreakable Enterprise kernel (ELSA-2023-12759)
high Nessus Plugin ID 180456
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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-2023-12759 advisory.- xfrm: fix crash in XFRM_MSG_GETSA netlink handler (Vegard Nossum) [Orabug: 35598955] {CVE-2023-3106}
- netfilter: nf_tables: validate registers coming from userspace (Harshvardhan Jha) [Orabug: 34012909] {CVE-2022-1015}
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
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 180456
File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2023-12759.nasl
Version: 1.5
Type: local
Agent: unix
Published: 9/1/2023
Updated: 9/9/2025
Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: High
Score: 7.7
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 4.6
Temporal Score: 4
Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-1015
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
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-3106
Vulnerability Information
CPE: cpe:/o:oracle:linux:6, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek-firmware, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek-doc, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek-debug, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:7, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek-debug-devel
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: 9/1/2023
Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/5/2022