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Oracle Linux 7 : kernel (ELSA-2015-0290)

high Nessus Plugin ID 81800

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2015-0290 advisory.

 - [fs] ext4: fix overwrite race condition (Jacob Tanenbaum) [1152607] {CVE-2014-8086}
 - [media] ttusb-dec: buffer overflow in ioctl (Alexander Gordeev) [1167116] {CVE-2014-8884}
 - [virt] kvm/vmx: invalid host cr4 handling across vm entries (Jacob Tanenbaum) [1153329] {CVE-2014-3690}
 - [fs] proc/task_mmu: fix missing check during hugepage migration (Jacob Tanenbaum) [1105040] {CVE-2014-3940}
 - [kernel] trace: insufficient syscall number validation in perf and ftrace subsystems (Jacob Tanenbaum) [1161570] {CVE-2014-7825 CVE-2014-7826}
 - [x86] traps: stop using IST for #SS (Petr Matousek) [1172813] {CVE-2014-9322}
 - [net] sctp: fix NULL pointer dereference in af->from_addr_param on malformed packet (Daniel Borkmann) [1154002] {CVE-2014-7841}
 - [mm] shmem: fix splicing from a hole while its punched (Denys Vlasenko) [1118245] {CVE-2014-4171}
 - [mm] shmem: fix faulting into a hole, not taking i_mutex (Denys Vlasenko) [1118245] {CVE-2014-4171}
 - [mm] shmem: fix faulting into a hole while its punched (Denys Vlasenko) [1118245] {CVE-2014-4171}
 - [fs] isofs: unbound recursion when processing relocated directories (Jacob Tanenbaum) [1142271] {CVE-2014-5471 CVE-2014-5472}

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-2015-0290.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 81800

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2015-0290.nasl

Version: 1.8

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 3/13/2015

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-2015-0274

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2014-7826

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-abi-whitelists, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-tools-libs-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-tools-libs, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:perf, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:7, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-tools, 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

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: 3/11/2015

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/9/2013

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability Due Dates: 6/15/2022, 6/2/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-3690, CVE-2014-3940, CVE-2014-7825, CVE-2014-7826, CVE-2014-8086, CVE-2014-8160, CVE-2014-8172, CVE-2014-8173, CVE-2014-8709, CVE-2014-8884, CVE-2015-0274