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Oracle Linux 6 : kernel (ELSA-2014-0328)

high Nessus Plugin ID 73196

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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-2014-0328 advisory.

 - [net] sctp: fix sctp_sf_do_5_1D_ce to verify if peer is AUTH capable (Daniel Borkmann) [1070715 1067451] {CVE-2014-0101}
 - [vhost] validate vhost_get_vq_desc return value (Michael S. Tsirkin) [1062579 1058677] {CVE-2014-0055}
 - [fs] cifs: sanity check length of data to send before sending (Sachin Prabhu) [1065668 1062590] {CVE-2014-0069}
 - [fs] cifs: ensure that uncached writes handle unmapped areas correctly (Sachin Prabhu) [1065668 1062590] {CVE-2014-0069}
 - [usb] cdc-wdm: fix buffer overflow (Alexander Gordeev) [922000 922001] {CVE-2013-1860}
 - [usb] cdc-wdm: Fix race between autosuspend and reading from the device (Alexander Gordeev) [922000 922001] {CVE-2013-1860}

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-2014-0328.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 73196

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2014-0328.nasl

Version: 1.15

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 3/26/2014

Updated: 4/29/2025

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

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-2014-0069

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:kernel-abi-whitelists, 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/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/OracleLinux

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/25/2014

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/14/2013

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2013-1860, CVE-2014-0055, CVE-2014-0069, CVE-2014-0101

BID: 58510, 65588, 65943

RHSA: 2014:0328