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Oracle Linux 5 / 6 : Unbreakable Enterprise kernel (ELSA-2015-3036)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 83449
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Synopsis
The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates.Description
The remote Oracle Linux 5 / 6 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2015-3036 advisory.- crypto: aesni - fix memory usage in GCM decryption (Stephan Mueller) [Orabug: 21077389] {CVE-2015-3331}
- xen/pciback: Don't disable PCI_COMMAND on PCI device reset. (Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk) [Orabug: 20807440] {CVE-2015-2150}
- isofs: Fix unchecked printing of ER records (Jan Kara) [Orabug: 20930552] {CVE-2014-9584}
- selinux: Permit bounded transitions under NO_NEW_PRIVS or NOSUID. (Stephen Smalley) [Orabug: 20930502] {CVE-2014-3215}
- Add PR_{GET,SET}_NO_NEW_PRIVS to prevent execve from granting privs (Andy Lutomirski) [Orabug:
20930518] {CVE-2014-3215}
- IB/core: Prevent integer overflow in ib_umem_get address arithmetic (Shachar Raindel) [Orabug:
20788393] {CVE-2014-8159} {CVE-2014-8159}
- xen-pciback: limit guest control of command register (Jan Beulich) [Orabug: 20704156] {CVE-2015-2150} {CVE-2015-2150}
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
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 83449
File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2015-3036.nasl
Version: 2.17
Type: local
Agent: unix
Published: 5/14/2015
Updated: 4/29/2025
Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 6.5
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 9.3
Temporal Score: 6.9
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2015-3331
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 5.5
Temporal Score: 4.8
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: cpe:/o:oracle:linux:5, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek-debug-devel, 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:kernel-uek-firmware, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:6
Required KB Items: Host/OracleLinux, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/local_checks_enabled
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 5/13/2015
Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/10/2015
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2015-2150, CVE-2015-3331