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Oracle Linux 5 : gfs-kmod (ELSA-2010-0291)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 181112

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Synopsis

The remote Oracle Linux host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 5 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ELSA-2010-0291 advisory.

 [0.1.34-12]
 - Fixes a problem where improper locking commands can crash the system.
 - Resolves: rhbz#571298

 [0.1.34-11]
 - Fixes 'Resource tempory unavailable' for EWOULDBLOCK message with flocks on gfs file
 - Resolves: rhbz#515717

 [0.1.34-10]
 - Fixes 'Resource tempory unavailable' for EWOULDBLOCK message with flocks on gfs file
 - Resolves: rhbz#515717

 [0.1.34-9]
 - Change gfs freeze/unfreeze to use new standard
 - Resolves: rhbz#487610

 [0.1.34-8]
 - Fixes problem that produces this error message: fatal: assertion 'gfs_glock_is_locked_by_me(gl) && gfs_glock_is_held_excl(gl)' failed
 - Resolves: rhbz#471258

 [0.1.34-7]
 - GFS kernel panic, suid + nfsd with posix ACLs enabled
 - Resolves: rhbz#513885

 [0.1.34-5]
 - GFS: New mount option: -o errors=withdraw|panic
 - Resolves: rhbz#517145

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Oracle Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected kmod-gfs, kmod-gfs-PAE and / or kmod-gfs-xen packages.

See Also

https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2010-0291.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 181112

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2010-0291.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/7/2023

Updated: 4/29/2025

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.9

Temporal Score: 3.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2010-0727

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kmod-gfs-xen, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kmod-gfs, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:5, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kmod-gfs-pae

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: 4/5/2010

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/13/2010

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2010-0727