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RHEL 7 : kernel (RHSA-2017:3315)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 104949
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Synopsis
The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update for kernel.Description
The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2017:3315 advisory.- kernel: information leak due to a data race in ALSA timer (CVE-2017-1000380)
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 RHEL kernel package based on the guidance in RHSA-2017:3315.See Also
http://www.nessus.org/u?64b1f101
https://access.redhat.com/articles/3253081
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3315
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 104949
File Name: redhat-RHSA-2017-3315.nasl
Version: 3.14
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks
Published: 12/1/2017
Updated: 4/27/2024
Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Low
Score: 3.6
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Low
Base Score: 2.1
Temporal Score: 1.6
Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-1000380
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:H/I:N/A:N
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-bootwrapper, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-debug, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-debug-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-headers, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-kdump, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-kdump-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-tools, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-tools-libs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-tools-libs-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perf, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python-perf, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/cpu
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 11/30/2017
Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/17/2017
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2017-1000380