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Oracle Linux 6 / 7 : Unbreakable Enterprise kernel Security (ELSA-2014-3084)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 78756

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 6 / 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2014-3084 advisory.

 - USB: whiteheat: Added bounds checking for bulk command response (James Forshaw) [Orabug: 19849334] {CVE-2014-3185}
 - HID: fix a couple of off-by-ones (Jiri Kosina) [Orabug: 19849317] {CVE-2014-3181}
 - kvm: vmx: handle invvpid vm exit gracefully (Petr Matousek) [Orabug: 19906300] {CVE-2014-3646}
 - nEPT: Nested INVEPT (Nadav Har'El) [Orabug: 19906267] {CVE-2014-3645}

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-2014-3084.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 78756

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2014-3084.nasl

Version: 1.19

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/31/2014

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: Medium

Base Score: 6.9

Temporal Score: 5.1

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2014-3185

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 4.8

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

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2014-3646

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek-debug-devel, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:7, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek-debug, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek-doc, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:dtrace-modules-3.8.13-44.1.4.el6uek, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:6, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek-firmware, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:dtrace-modules-3.8.13-44.1.4.el7uek

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: 10/30/2014

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/25/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-3181, CVE-2014-3185, CVE-2014-3611, CVE-2014-3645, CVE-2014-3646

BID: 69779, 69781, 70743, 70745, 70746