Oracle Linux 5 / 6 : Unbreakable Enterprise kernel (ELSA-2014-3053)

Medium Nessus Plugin ID 76927

Synopsis

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

Description

Description of changes:

[2.6.39-400.215.6.el6uek]
- filter: prevent nla extensions to peek beyond the end of the message (Mathias Krause) [Orabug: 19315782] {CVE-2014-3144} {CVE-2014-3145}

[2.6.39-400.215.5.el6uek]
- n_tty: Fix n_tty_write crash when echoing in raw mode (Peter Hurley) [Orabug: 18756449] {CVE-2014-0196} {CVE-2014-0196}

Solution

Update the affected unbreakable enterprise kernel packages.

See Also

https://oss.oracle.com/pipermail/el-errata/2014-July/004311.html

https://oss.oracle.com/pipermail/el-errata/2014-July/004312.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 76927

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2014-3053.nasl

Version: 1.12

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2014/07/31

Updated: 2019/04/01

Dependencies: 12634, 122878

Risk Information

Risk Factor: Medium

CVSS v2.0

Base Score: 6.9

Temporal Score: 5.4

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS2#E:POC/RL:OF/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek-debug, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek-debug-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek-doc, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek-firmware, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:5, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:6

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/OracleLinux, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2014/07/30

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2014/05/07

Exploitable With

CANVAS (CANVAS)

Core Impact

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-0196, CVE-2014-3144, CVE-2014-3145

BID: 67199, 67309, 67321