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Oracle Linux 6 : kernel (ELSA-2011-0283)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 68206

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 6 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2011-0283 advisory.

 - [net] tcp: Increase TCP_MAXSEG socket option minimum to TCP_MIN_MSS (Frantisek Hrbata) [652510 652511] {CVE-2010-4165}
 - [perf] perf_events: Fix perf_counter_mmap() hook in mprotect() (Oleg Nesterov) [651672 651673] {CVE-2010-4169}
 - [kernel] exec: copy-and-paste the fixes into compat_do_execve() paths (Oleg Nesterov) [627811 625695] {CVE-2010-4243}
 - [kernel] exec: make argv/envp memory visible to oom-killer (Oleg Nesterov) [627811 625695] {CVE-2010-4243}

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-2011-0283.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 68206

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2011-0283.nasl

Version: 1.21

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/12/2013

Updated: 10/22/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.9

Temporal Score: 4.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2010-4243

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 5.3

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:H/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2010-4165

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:perf, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-firmware, 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, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:6

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: 2/23/2011

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/27/2010

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2010-4165, CVE-2010-4169, CVE-2010-4243

BID: 44830, 44861, 45004

RHSA: 2011:0283