7.8 High
CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
0.073 Low
EPSS
Percentile
94.1%
Update to kernel 2.6.23.9-rc1:
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.23.2 http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.23.3 http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.23.4 http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.23.5 http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.23.6 http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.23.7 http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.23.8
CVE-2007-5501: The tcp_sacktag_write_queue function in net/ipv4/tcp_input.c in Linux kernel 2.6.24-rc2 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via crafted ACK responses that trigger a NULL pointer dereference.
CVE-2007-5500: The wait_task_stopped function in the Linux kernel before 2.6.23.8 checks a TASK_TRACED bit instead of an exit_state value, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (machine crash) via unspecified vectors.
Additional fixes: Major wireless updates. Fix oops in netfilter NAT module (#259501) libata: fix resume on some systems libata: fix pata_serverworks with some drive combinations Initial FireWire OHCI 1.0 Isochronous Receive support (#344851) Disable USB autosuspend by default. Fix oops in CIFS when mounting a filesystem a second time.
Restore platform module autoloading, e.g. pcspkr. Fix failure to boot on 486DX4 (and possibily other CPUs.)
Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.
#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 70300
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Fedora Security Advisory 2007-3751.
#
include('deprecated_nasl_level.inc');
include('compat.inc');
if (description)
{
script_id(29264);
script_version("1.19");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2021/01/11");
script_cve_id("CVE-2007-5500", "CVE-2007-5501");
script_bugtraq_id(26474, 26477);
script_xref(name:"FEDORA", value:"2007-3751");
script_name(english:"Fedora 7 : kernel-2.6.23.8-34.fc7 (2007-3751)");
script_summary(english:"Checks rpm output for the updated packages.");
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"synopsis",
value:"The remote Fedora host is missing a security update."
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"description",
value:
"Update to kernel 2.6.23.9-rc1:
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.23.2
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.23.3
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.23.4
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.23.5
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.23.6
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.23.7
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.23.8
CVE-2007-5501: The tcp_sacktag_write_queue function in
net/ipv4/tcp_input.c in Linux kernel 2.6.24-rc2 and earlier allows
remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via crafted ACK
responses that trigger a NULL pointer dereference.
CVE-2007-5500: The wait_task_stopped function in the Linux kernel
before 2.6.23.8 checks a TASK_TRACED bit instead of an exit_state
value, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (machine
crash) via unspecified vectors.
Additional fixes: Major wireless updates. Fix oops in netfilter NAT
module (#259501) libata: fix resume on some systems libata: fix
pata_serverworks with some drive combinations Initial FireWire OHCI
1.0 Isochronous Receive support (#344851) Disable USB autosuspend by
default. Fix oops in CIFS when mounting a filesystem a second time.
Restore platform module autoloading, e.g. pcspkr. Fix failure to boot
on 486DX4 (and possibily other CPUs.)
Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding
description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable
has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible
without introducing additional issues."
);
# http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.23.2
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?282604f1"
);
# http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.23.3
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?5b24e754"
);
# http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.23.4
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?6f4e90bf"
);
# http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.23.5
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?8b5739f4"
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# http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.23.6
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?dfaed5ff"
);
# http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.23.7
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?bda3e1fe"
);
# http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.23.8
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?00091f6b"
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=259501"
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=344851"
);
# https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2007-December/005632.html
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?67eef7de"
);
script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:"Update the affected packages.");
script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C");
script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:ND/RL:OF/RC:C");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false");
script_cwe_id(399);
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:kernel");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:kernel-PAE");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:kernel-PAE-debug");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:kernel-PAE-debug-debuginfo");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:kernel-PAE-debug-devel");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:kernel-PAE-debuginfo");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:kernel-PAE-devel");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:kernel-debug");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:kernel-debug-debuginfo");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:kernel-debug-devel");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:kernel-debuginfo");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:kernel-debuginfo-common");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:kernel-devel");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:kernel-doc");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:kernel-headers");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:7");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2007/12/06");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2007/12/11");
script_end_attributes();
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2007-2021 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
script_family(english:"Fedora Local Security Checks");
script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/RedHat/release", "Host/RedHat/rpm-list");
exit(0);
}
include("audit.inc");
include("global_settings.inc");
include("rpm.inc");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
release = get_kb_item("Host/RedHat/release");
if (isnull(release) || "Fedora" >!< release) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Fedora");
os_ver = eregmatch(pattern: "Fedora.*release ([0-9]+)", string:release);
if (isnull(os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_APP_VER, "Fedora");
os_ver = os_ver[1];
if (! ereg(pattern:"^7([^0-9]|$)", string:os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Fedora 7.x", "Fedora " + os_ver);
if (!get_kb_item("Host/RedHat/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);
cpu = get_kb_item("Host/cpu");
if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
if ("x86_64" >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$") audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, "Fedora", cpu);
flag = 0;
if (rpm_check(release:"FC7", reference:"kernel-2.6.23.8-34.fc7")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"FC7", reference:"kernel-PAE-2.6.23.8-34.fc7")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"FC7", reference:"kernel-PAE-debug-2.6.23.8-34.fc7")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"FC7", reference:"kernel-PAE-debug-debuginfo-2.6.23.8-34.fc7")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"FC7", reference:"kernel-PAE-debug-devel-2.6.23.8-34.fc7")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"FC7", reference:"kernel-PAE-debuginfo-2.6.23.8-34.fc7")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"FC7", reference:"kernel-PAE-devel-2.6.23.8-34.fc7")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"FC7", reference:"kernel-debug-2.6.23.8-34.fc7")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"FC7", reference:"kernel-debug-debuginfo-2.6.23.8-34.fc7")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"FC7", reference:"kernel-debug-devel-2.6.23.8-34.fc7")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"FC7", reference:"kernel-debuginfo-2.6.23.8-34.fc7")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"FC7", reference:"kernel-debuginfo-common-2.6.23.8-34.fc7")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"FC7", reference:"kernel-devel-2.6.23.8-34.fc7")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"FC7", reference:"kernel-doc-2.6.23.8-34.fc7")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"FC7", reference:"kernel-headers-2.6.23.8-34.fc7")) flag++;
if (flag)
{
if (report_verbosity > 0) security_hole(port:0, extra:rpm_report_get());
else security_hole(0);
exit(0);
}
else
{
tested = pkg_tests_get();
if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "kernel / kernel-PAE / kernel-PAE-debug / kernel-PAE-debug-debuginfo / etc");
}
Vendor | Product | Version | CPE |
---|---|---|---|
fedoraproject | fedora | kernel | p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:kernel |
fedoraproject | fedora | kernel-pae | p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:kernel-pae |
fedoraproject | fedora | kernel-pae-debug | p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:kernel-pae-debug |
fedoraproject | fedora | kernel-pae-debug-debuginfo | p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:kernel-pae-debug-debuginfo |
fedoraproject | fedora | kernel-pae-debug-devel | p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:kernel-pae-debug-devel |
fedoraproject | fedora | kernel-pae-debuginfo | p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:kernel-pae-debuginfo |
fedoraproject | fedora | kernel-pae-devel | p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:kernel-pae-devel |
fedoraproject | fedora | kernel-debug | p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:kernel-debug |
fedoraproject | fedora | kernel-debug-debuginfo | p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:kernel-debug-debuginfo |
fedoraproject | fedora | kernel-debug-devel | p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:kernel-debug-devel |
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-5500
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-5501
www.nessus.org/u?00091f6b
www.nessus.org/u?282604f1
www.nessus.org/u?5b24e754
www.nessus.org/u?67eef7de
www.nessus.org/u?6f4e90bf
www.nessus.org/u?8b5739f4
www.nessus.org/u?bda3e1fe
www.nessus.org/u?dfaed5ff
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=259501
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=344851