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Oracle Linux 5 : Oracle / Enterprise / Linux / 5.3 / kernel (ELSA-2009-0225)

high Nessus Plugin ID 180612

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 5 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2009-0225 advisory.

 - The __scm_destroy function in net/core/scm.c in the Linux kernel 2.6.27.4, 2.6.26, and earlier makes indirect recursive calls to itself through calls to the fput function, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (panic) via vectors related to sending an SCM_RIGHTS message through a UNIX domain socket and closing file descriptors. (CVE-2008-5029)

 - net/atm/svc.c in the ATM subsystem in the Linux kernel 2.6.27.8 and earlier allows local users to cause a denial of service (kernel infinite loop) by making two calls to svc_listen for the same socket, and then reading a /proc/net/atm/*vc file, related to corruption of the vcc table. (CVE-2008-5079)

 - The inotify functionality in Linux kernel 2.6 before 2.6.28-rc5 might allow local users to gain privileges via unknown vectors related to race conditions in inotify watch removal and umount. (CVE-2008-5182)

 - Linux kernel 2.6.28 allows local users to cause a denial of service (soft lockup and process loss) via a large number of sendmsg function calls, which does not block during AF_UNIX garbage collection and triggers an OOM condition, a different vulnerability than CVE-2008-5029. (CVE-2008-5300)

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-2009-0225.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 180612

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2009-0225.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/7/2023

Updated: 9/8/2023

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.9

Temporal Score: 6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2008-5182

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 7.2

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:H/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2008-5300

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:oracle:linux:5, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-pae, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-pae-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-debug, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-debug-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-headers, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-xen, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-xen-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:ocfs2-2.6.18-128.el5, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:ocfs2-2.6.18-128.el5pae, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:ocfs2-2.6.18-128.el5debug, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:ocfs2-2.6.18-128.el5xen, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:oracleasm-2.6.18-128.el5, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:oracleasm-2.6.18-128.el5pae, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:oracleasm-2.6.18-128.el5debug, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:oracleasm-2.6.18-128.el5xen

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: 1/27/2009

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/6/2008

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2008-5029, CVE-2008-5079, CVE-2008-5182, CVE-2008-5300