Oracle Linux 5 / 6 : Unbreakable Enterprise kernel (ELSA-2016-3567)

Medium Nessus Plugin ID 91293

Synopsis

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

Description

Description of changes:

kernel-uek [2.6.32-400.37.17.el6uek]
- net: add validation for the socket syscall protocol argument (Hannes Frederic Sowa) [Orabug: 23267965] {CVE-2015-8543} {CVE-2015-8543}
- ext4: Fix null dereference in ext4_fill_super() (Ben Hutchings) [Orabug: 23263398] {CVE-2015-8324} {CVE-2015-8324}
- ipv6: addrconf: validate new MTU before applying it (Marcelo Leitner) [Orabug: 23263242] {CVE-2015-8215}
- ext4: avoid hang when mounting non-journal filesystems with orphan list (Theodore Ts'o) [Orabug: 23262201] {CVE-2015-7509}
- ext4: make orphan functions be no-op in no-journal mode (Anatol Pomozov) [Orabug: 23262201] {CVE-2015-7509}
- unix: properly account for FDs passed over unix sockets (willy tarreau) [Orabug: 23262258] {CVE-2013-4312} {CVE-2013-4312}

Solution

Update the affected unbreakable enterprise kernel packages.

See Also

https://oss.oracle.com/pipermail/el-errata/2016-May/006084.html

https://oss.oracle.com/pipermail/el-errata/2016-May/006085.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 91293

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2016-3567.nasl

Version: 2.7

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2016/05/23

Updated: 2019/09/27

Dependencies: 122878, 12634

Risk Information

Risk Factor: Medium

CVSS v2.0

Base Score: 6.9

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

CVSS v3.0

Base Score: 7

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: 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, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:mlnx_en-2.6.32-400.37.17.el5uek, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:mlnx_en-2.6.32-400.37.17.el5uekdebug, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:mlnx_en-2.6.32-400.37.17.el6uek, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:mlnx_en-2.6.32-400.37.17.el6uekdebug, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:ofa-2.6.32-400.37.17.el5uek, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:ofa-2.6.32-400.37.17.el5uekdebug, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:ofa-2.6.32-400.37.17.el6uek, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:ofa-2.6.32-400.37.17.el6uekdebug, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:5, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:6

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

Patch Publication Date: 2016/05/20

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2015/11/16

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2013-4312, CVE-2015-7509, CVE-2015-8215, CVE-2015-8324, CVE-2015-8543