Oracle Linux 6 : kernel (ELSA-2013-0911)

high Nessus Plugin ID 68834

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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-2013-0911 advisory.

- [kernel] perf: fix perf_swevent_enabled array out-of-bound access (Petr Matousek) [962793 962794] {CVE-2013-2094}
- [virt] kvm: validate userspace_addr of memslot (Petr Matousek) [950496 950498] {CVE-2013-1943}
- [virt] kvm: fix copy to user with irq disabled (Michael S. Tsirkin) [949985 906602] {CVE-2013-1935}
- [net] veth: Dont kfree_skb() after dev_forward_skb() (Jiri Benc) [957712 957713] {CVE-2013-2017}

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.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 68834

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2013-0911.nasl

Version: 1.18

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Oracle Linux Local Security Checks

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: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.4

Temporal Score: 3.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2013-1943

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.8

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

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

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:python-perf, 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/OracleLinux, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/local_checks_enabled

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/11/2013

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/29/2013

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2013-1935, CVE-2013-1943, CVE-2013-2017

BID: 59549, 59846, 60463, 60466, 61195

RHSA: 2013:0911

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