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Oracle Linux 5 : kernel (ELSA-2009-1670)

high Nessus Plugin ID 67972

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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-2009-1670 advisory.

 - [nfs] v4: fix setting lock on open file with no state (Jeff Layton ) [533114 533115] {CVE-2009-3726}
 - [drm] r128: check for init on all ioctls that require it (Danny Feng ) [529602 529603] {CVE-2009-3620}
 - [net] AF_UNIX: deadlock on connecting to shutdown socket (Jiri Pirko ) [529630 529631] {CVE-2009-3621}

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-2009-1670.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 67972

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2009-1670.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: Low

Base Score: 2.1

Temporal Score: 1.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2009-3612

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2009-3620

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-xen, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:5, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:oracleasm-2.6.18-164.9.1.0.1.el5pae, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-pae-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:ocfs2-2.6.18-164.9.1.0.1.el5debug, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:oracleasm-2.6.18-164.9.1.0.1.el5debug, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-xen-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:oracleasm-2.6.18-164.9.1.0.1.el5, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-pae, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:oracleasm-2.6.18-164.9.1.0.1.el5xen, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:ocfs2-2.6.18-164.9.1.0.1.el5xen, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:ocfs2-2.6.18-164.9.1.0.1.el5, 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:ocfs2-2.6.18-164.9.1.0.1.el5pae

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: 12/17/2009

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/19/2009

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2009-3612, CVE-2009-3620, CVE-2009-3621, CVE-2009-3726

BID: 36723, 36824, 36827, 36936

RHSA: 2009:1670