Oracle Linux 6 / 7 : Unbreakable Enterprise kernel (ELSA-2015-3013)
high Nessus Plugin ID 81871
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VPR Score: 5.9
Synopsis
The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates.Description
Description of changes:kernel-uek [3.8.13-55.1.8.el7uek]
- kvm: fix excessive pages un-pinning in kvm_iommu_map error path. (Quentin Casasnovas) [Orabug: 20687313] {CVE-2014-3601} {CVE-2014-8369} {CVE-2014-3601}
[3.8.13-55.1.7.el7uek]
- ttusb-dec: buffer overflow in ioctl (Dan Carpenter) [Orabug: 20673376] {CVE-2014-8884}
- mm: Fix NULL pointer dereference in madvise(MADV_WILLNEED) support (Kirill A. Shutemov) [Orabug: 20673281] {CVE-2014-8173}
- netfilter: conntrack: disable generic tracking for known protocols (Florian Westphal) [Orabug: 20673239] {CVE-2014-8160}
- tracing/syscalls: Ignore numbers outside NR_syscalls' range (Rabin Vincent) [Orabug: 20673163] {CVE-2014-7826}
Solution
Update the affected unbreakable enterprise kernel packages.See Also
https://oss.oracle.com/pipermail/el-errata/2015-March/004892.html
https://oss.oracle.com/pipermail/el-errata/2015-March/004893.html
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 81871
File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2015-3013.nasl
Version: 1.14
Type: local
Agent: unix
Published: 3/17/2015
Updated: 1/14/2021
Dependencies: ssh_get_info.nasl, linux_alt_patch_detect.nasl
Risk Information
Risk Factor: High
VPR Score: 5.9
CVSS v2.0
Base Score: 7.2
Temporal Score: 6.3
Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Temporal Vector: E:ND/RL:OF/RC:C
CVSS v3.0
Base Score: 7.8
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:dtrace-modules-3.8.13-55.1.8.el6uek, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:dtrace-modules-3.8.13-55.1.8.el7uek, 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:6, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:7
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/OracleLinux, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 3/13/2015
Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/1/2014
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2014-3601, CVE-2014-7826, CVE-2014-8160, CVE-2014-8173, CVE-2014-8369, CVE-2014-8884