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Oracle Linux 5 : kernel (ELSA-2008-0275)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 67691
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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-2008-0275 advisory.[2.6.18-53.1.21.0.1.el5]
- [NET] Add entropy support to e1000 and bnx2 (John Sobecki) [ORA 6045759]
- [NET] Fix msi issue with kexec/kdump (Michael Chan) [ORA 6219364]
- [MM] Fix alloc_pages_node() static 'nid' race made kernel crash (Joe Jin) [ORA 6187457]
- [splice] Fix bad unlock_page() in error case (Jens Axboe) [ORA 6263574]
- [dio] fix error-path crashes (Linux Torvalds) [ORA 6242289]
[2.6.18-53.1.21.el5]
- [misc] infinite loop in highres timers (Michal Schmidt ) [440001]
- [video] PWC driver DoS (Pete Zaitcev ) [308521]
- [x86_64] fix unprivileged crash on %cs corruption (Jarod Wilson ) [439787]
- [net] ESP: ensure IV is in linear part of the skb (Thomas Graf ) [427247]
- [cpufreq] booting with maxcpus=1 panics (Doug Chapman ) [429516]
- [net] sunrpc: lockd recovery is broken (Steve Dickson ) [445360]
- [cpufreq] don't take sem in cpufreq_quick_get (Doug Chapman ) [400821]
- [cpufreq] remove hotplug cpu cruft (Doug Chapman ) [400821]
- [cpufreq] governor: use new rwsem locking in work cb (Doug Chapman ) [400821]
- [cpufreq] ondemand governor restructure the work cb (Doug Chapman ) [400821]
- [cpufreq] rewrite lock to eliminate hotplug issues (Doug Chapman ) [400821]
[2.6.18-53.1.20.el5]
- [misc] fix softlockup warnings/crashes (Chris Lalancette ) [444402]
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: Medium
ID: 67691
File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2008-0275.nasl
Version: 1.16
Type: local
Agent: unix
Published: 7/12/2013
Updated: 4/29/2025
Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 4.4
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.1
Temporal Score: 5.6
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2007-6282
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
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2008-1615
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:oracleasm-2.6.18-53.1.21.0.1.el5debug, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:oracleasm-2.6.18-53.1.21.0.1.el5xen, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-xen, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:oracleasm-2.6.18-53.1.21.0.1.el5, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:oracleasm-2.6.18-53.1.21.0.1.el5pae, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:5, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:ocfs2-2.6.18-53.1.21.0.1.el5pae, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-pae-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:ocfs2-2.6.18-53.1.21.0.1.el5xen, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-xen-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-pae, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-debug-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-debug, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-headers, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:ocfs2-2.6.18-53.1.21.0.1.el5, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:ocfs2-2.6.18-53.1.21.0.1.el5debug
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/OracleLinux, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 5/21/2008
Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/26/2007
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2007-5093, CVE-2007-6282, CVE-2007-6712, CVE-2008-1615
RHSA: 2008:0275