Executive Summary



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Summary
Title kernel security and bug fix update
Informations
Name RHSA-2007:1104 First vendor Publication 2007-12-19
Vendor RedHat Last vendor Modification 2007-12-19
Severity (Vendor) Important Revision 01

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : N/A
Overall CVSS Score NA
Base Score NA Environmental Score NA
impact SubScore NA Temporal Score NA
Exploitabality Sub Score NA
 
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Cvss Base Score 7.1 Attack Range Network
Cvss Impact Score 6.9 Attack Complexity Medium
Cvss Expoit Score 8.6 Authentication None Required
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Detail

Problem Description:

Updated kernel packages that fix various security issues and several bugs in the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 kernel are now available.

This update has been rated as having important security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team.

2. Relevant releases/architectures:

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 - i386, ia64, noarch, ppc, s390, s390x, x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4 - i386, noarch, x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 - i386, ia64, noarch, x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 - i386, ia64, noarch, x86_64

3. Problem description:

The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system.

These updated packages fix the following security issues:

A flaw was found in the handling of IEEE 802.11 frames, which affected several wireless LAN modules. In certain situations, a remote attacker could trigger this flaw by sending a malicious packet over a wireless network, causing a denial of service (kernel crash). (CVE-2007-4997, Important)

A memory leak was found in the Red Hat Content Accelerator kernel patch. A local user could use this flaw to cause a denial of service (memory exhaustion). (CVE-2007-5494, Important)

Additionally, the following bugs were fixed:

* when running the "ls -la" command on an NFSv4 mount point, incorrect file attributes, and outdated file size and timestamp information were returned. As well, symbolic links may have been displayed as actual files.

* a bug which caused the cmirror write path to appear deadlocked after a successful recovery, which may have caused syncing to hang, has been resolved.

* a kernel panic which occurred when manually configuring LCS interfaces on the IBM S/390 has been resolved.

* when running a 32-bit binary on a 64-bit system, it was possible to mmap page at address 0 without flag MAP_FIXED set. This has been resolved in these updated packages.

* the Non-Maskable Interrupt (NMI) Watchdog did not increment the NMI interrupt counter in "/proc/interrupts" on systems running an AMD Opteron CPU. This caused systems running NMI Watchdog to restart at regular intervals.

* a bug which caused the diskdump utility to run very slowly on devices using Fusion MPT has been resolved.

All users are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which resolve these issues.

4. Solution:

Before applying this update, make sure that all previously-released errata relevant to your system have been applied.

This update is available via Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/FAQ_58_10188

5. Bug IDs fixed (http://bugzilla.redhat.com/):

315051 - CVE-2007-5494 open(O_ATOMICLOOKUP) leaks dentry 346341 - CVE-2007-4997 kernel ieee80211 off-by-two integer underflow 371551 - NFS problem#3 of IT 106473 - 32-bit jiffy wrap around - NFS inode 399661 - cmirror write path appears deadlocked after recovery is successful 400801 - LTC39618-kernel panic making lcs interfaces online on LPAR 400811 - [RHEL4] Odd behaviour in mmap 404741 - [RHEL4] NMI Watchdog Not Working in RHEL 4 U6 Opteron Systems 404781 - RHEL4.6 [REGRESSION] diskdump works with mpt fusion too slow.

Original Source

Url : https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007-1104.html

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
50 % CWE-399 Resource Management Errors
50 % CWE-189 Numeric Errors (CWE/SANS Top 25)

OVAL Definitions

Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10596
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10596
Title: Integer underflow in the ieee80211_rx function in net/ieee80211/ieee80211_rx.c in the Linux kernel 2.6.x before 2.6.23 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted SKB length value in a runt IEEE 802.11 frame when the IEEE80211_STYPE_QOS_DATA flag is set, aka an "off-by-two error."
Description: Integer underflow in the ieee80211_rx function in net/ieee80211/ieee80211_rx.c in the Linux kernel 2.6.x before 2.6.23 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted SKB length value in a runt IEEE 802.11 frame when the IEEE80211_STYPE_QOS_DATA flag is set, aka an "off-by-two error."
Family: unix Class: vulnerability
Reference(s): CVE-2007-4997
Version: 5
Platform(s): Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
CentOS Linux 4
Oracle Linux 4
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
CentOS Linux 5
Oracle Linux 5
Product(s):
Definition Synopsis:
Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10884
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10884
Title: Memory leak in the Red Hat Content Accelerator kernel patch in Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 4 and 5 allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a large number of open requests involving O_ATOMICLOOKUP.
Description: Memory leak in the Red Hat Content Accelerator kernel patch in Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 4 and 5 allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a large number of open requests involving O_ATOMICLOOKUP.
Family: unix Class: vulnerability
Reference(s): CVE-2007-5494
Version: 5
Platform(s): Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
CentOS Linux 4
Oracle Linux 4
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
CentOS Linux 5
Oracle Linux 5
Product(s):
Definition Synopsis:
Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:21806
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:21806
Title: ELSA-2007:0993: kernel security update (Important)
Description: Memory leak in the Red Hat Content Accelerator kernel patch in Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 4 and 5 allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a large number of open requests involving O_ATOMICLOOKUP.
Family: unix Class: patch
Reference(s): ELSA-2007:0993-01
CVE-2007-4571
CVE-2007-4997
CVE-2007-5494
Version: 17
Platform(s): Oracle Linux 5
Product(s): kernel
Definition Synopsis:

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 1
Os 898
Os 2

OpenVAS Exploits

Date Description
2009-04-09 Name : Mandriva Update for kernel MDKSA-2007:226 (kernel)
File : nvt/gb_mandriva_MDKSA_2007_226.nasl
2009-04-09 Name : Mandriva Update for kernel MDKSA-2007:232 (kernel)
File : nvt/gb_mandriva_MDKSA_2007_232.nasl
2009-04-09 Name : Mandriva Update for kernel MDVSA-2008:105 (kernel)
File : nvt/gb_mandriva_MDVSA_2008_105.nasl
2009-03-23 Name : Ubuntu Update for linux-source-2.6.17/20/22 vulnerabilities USN-558-1
File : nvt/gb_ubuntu_USN_558_1.nasl
2009-03-23 Name : Ubuntu Update for linux-source-2.6.17/20/22 vulnerabilities USN-574-1
File : nvt/gb_ubuntu_USN_574_1.nasl
2009-03-23 Name : Ubuntu Update for linux-source-2.6.15 vulnerabilities USN-578-1
File : nvt/gb_ubuntu_USN_578_1.nasl
2009-03-06 Name : RedHat Update for kernel RHSA-2007:0993-01
File : nvt/gb_RHSA-2007_0993-01_kernel.nasl
2009-03-06 Name : RedHat Update for kernel RHSA-2007:1104-01
File : nvt/gb_RHSA-2007_1104-01_kernel.nasl
2009-02-27 Name : CentOS Update for kernel CESA-2007:1104 centos4 i386
File : nvt/gb_CESA-2007_1104_kernel_centos4_i386.nasl
2009-02-27 Name : CentOS Update for kernel CESA-2007:1104 centos4 x86_64
File : nvt/gb_CESA-2007_1104_kernel_centos4_x86_64.nasl
2009-01-28 Name : SuSE Update for kernel SUSE-SA:2007:059
File : nvt/gb_suse_2007_059.nasl
2009-01-28 Name : SuSE Update for kernel SUSE-SA:2007:064
File : nvt/gb_suse_2007_064.nasl
2008-01-31 Name : Debian Security Advisory DSA 1428-1 (linux-2.6)
File : nvt/deb_1428_1.nasl
2008-01-17 Name : Debian Security Advisory DSA 1428-2 (linux-2.6)
File : nvt/deb_1428_2.nasl

Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)

Id Description
44153 Red Hat Content Accelerator Patch for Linux Kernel O_ATOMICLOOKUP Request Sat...

39236 Linux Kernel net/ieee80211/ieee80211_rx.c ieee80211_rx() Function Remote DoS

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2013-07-12 Name : The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : oraclelinux_ELSA-2007-0993.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2013-07-12 Name : The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : oraclelinux_ELSA-2007-1104.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2012-08-01 Name : The remote Scientific Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : sl_20071219_kernel_on_SL4_x.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2012-08-01 Name : The remote Scientific Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : sl_20071129_kernel_on_SL5_x.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2012-05-17 Name : The remote SuSE 10 host is missing a security-related patch.
File : suse_kernel-4745.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-04-23 Name : The remote Mandrake Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : mandrake_MDKSA-2007-232.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-04-23 Name : The remote Mandriva Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : mandriva_MDVSA-2008-105.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-02-14 Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : ubuntu_USN-578-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-02-05 Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : ubuntu_USN-574-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-02-01 Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.
File : suse_kernel-4929.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-01-08 Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.
File : suse_kernel-4752.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2007-12-24 Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.
File : redhat-RHSA-2007-1104.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2007-12-24 Name : The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates.
File : centos_RHSA-2007-1104.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2007-12-19 Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : ubuntu_USN-558-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2007-12-13 Name : The remote SuSE 10 host is missing a security-related patch.
File : suse_kernel-4741.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2007-12-11 Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.
File : debian_DSA-1428.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2007-11-30 Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.
File : redhat-RHSA-2007-0993.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2007-11-12 Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.
File : suse_kernel-4641.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

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