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Oracle Linux 5 : kernel (ELSA-2008-0885)

high Nessus Plugin ID 67747

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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-2008-0885 advisory.

 - [sound] snd_seq_oss_synth_make_info info leak (Eugene Teo ) [458000 458001] {CVE-2008-3272}
 - [mm] tmpfs: restore missing clear_highpage (Eugene Teo ) [426082 426083]{CVE-2007-6417}
 - [fs] vfs: fix lookup on deleted directory (Eugene Teo ) [457865 457866]{CVE-2008-3275}

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-2008-0885.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 67747

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2008-0885.nasl

Version: 1.18

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/12/2013

Updated: 4/29/2025

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 5.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2008-2931

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:oracleasm-2.6.18-92.1.13.0.1.el5, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:ocfs2-2.6.18-92.1.13.0.1.el5, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-xen, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:oracleasm-2.6.18-92.1.13.0.1.el5xen, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:5, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-pae-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:ocfs2-2.6.18-92.1.13.0.1.el5debug, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-xen-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-pae, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:ocfs2-2.6.18-92.1.13.0.1.el5pae, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:ocfs2-2.6.18-92.1.13.0.1.el5xen, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:oracleasm-2.6.18-92.1.13.0.1.el5debug, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-debug-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:oracleasm-2.6.18-92.1.13.0.1.el5pae, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-debug, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-headers, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/OracleLinux

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/25/2008

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/17/2007

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2007-6417, CVE-2007-6716, CVE-2008-2931, CVE-2008-3272, CVE-2008-3275

BID: 27694, 30647, 31515

RHSA: 2008:0885