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Oracle Linux 6 / 7 : Unbreakable Enterprise kernel (ELSA-2015-3064)

high Nessus Plugin ID 85177

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Synopsis

The remote Oracle Linux host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 6 / 7 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ELSA-2015-3064 advisory.

 - KVM: x86: SYSENTER emulation is broken (Nadav Amit) [Orabug: 21502729] {CVE-2015-0239} {CVE-2015-0239}
 - fs: take i_mutex during prepare_binprm for set[ug]id executables (Jann Horn) [Orabug: 21502159] {CVE-2015-3339}
 - ipv6: Don't reduce hop limit for an interface (D.S. Ljungmark) [Orabug: 21444784] {CVE-2015-2922}
 - ipv4: Missing sk_nulls_node_init() in ping_unhash(). (David S. Miller) [Orabug: 21444685] {CVE-2015-3636}
 - x86/asm/entry/64: Remove a bogus 'ret_from_fork' optimization (Andy Lutomirski) [Orabug: 21308309] {CVE-2015-2830}
 - x86_64, vdso: Fix the vdso address randomization algorithm (Andy Lutomirski) [Orabug: 21226722] {CVE-2014-9585}

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Oracle Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue 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-2015-3064.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 85177

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2015-3064.nasl

Version: 2.16

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 8/3/2015

Updated: 4/29/2025

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.6

Temporal Score: 3.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2014-8989

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.1

Temporal Score: 6.4

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

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

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, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek-doc, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:dtrace-modules-3.8.13-98.el6uek, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek-firmware, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:dtrace-modules-shared-headers, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:dtrace-modules-3.8.13-98.el7uek, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:dtrace-modules-provider-headers, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:6

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/30/2015

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/18/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-8989