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Oracle Linux 5 : kernel (ELSA-2014-0433)

high Nessus Plugin ID 73721

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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-2014-0433 advisory.

 - [virt] HID: memory corruption flaw drivers/usb/input/hid-core.c (Jacob Tanenbaum) [1032996 1032999] {CVE-2013-2888}
 - [virt] HID: memory corruption flaw in drivers/hv/hid-core.c (Jacob Tanenbaum) [1032996 1032999] {CVE-2013-2888}
 - [net] tcp: drop SYN+FIN messages (Jiri Pirko) [1066057 1066058] {CVE-2012-6638}

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-2014-0433.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 73721

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2014-0433.nasl

Version: 1.12

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 4/27/2014

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: Medium

Base Score: 6.2

Temporal Score: 4.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2013-2888

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2012-6638

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:ocfs2-2.6.18-371.8.1.el5, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-xen, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:oracleasm-2.6.18-371.8.1.el5, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:oracleasm-2.6.18-371.8.1.el5debug, 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:ocfs2-2.6.18-371.8.1.el5xen, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-xen-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-pae, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:ocfs2-2.6.18-371.8.1.el5pae, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:ocfs2-2.6.18-371.8.1.el5debug, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-debug-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:oracleasm-2.6.18-371.8.1.el5xen, 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:oracleasm-2.6.18-371.8.1.el5pae

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: 4/25/2014

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/16/2013

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-6638, CVE-2013-2888

BID: 62043, 65654

RHSA: 2014:0433