RHEL 7 : kernel (RHSA-2018:2384)

high Nessus Plugin ID 111727

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates for kernel.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2018:2384 advisory.

- kernel: crypto: privilege escalation in skcipher_recvmsg function (CVE-2017-13215)

- Kernel: hw: cpu: L1 terminal fault (L1TF) (CVE-2018-3620, CVE-2018-3646)

- Kernel: speculative bounds check bypass store (CVE-2018-3693)

- kernel: TCP segments with random offsets allow a remote denial of service (SegmentSmack) (CVE-2018-5390)

- kernel: race condition in snd_seq_write() may lead to UAF or OOB-access (CVE-2018-7566)

- kernel: mm: use-after-free in do_get_mempolicy function allows local DoS or other unspecified impact (CVE-2018-10675)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues 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-2018:2384.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?061a2202

https://access.redhat.com/security/vulnerabilities/L1TF

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1535173

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1550142

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1575065

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1581650

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1585005

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1601704

https://access.redhat.com/articles/3527791

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2384

https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 111727

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2018-2384.nasl

Version: 1.13

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 8/15/2018

Updated: 4/27/2024

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-10675

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.8

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

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-7566

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

Patch Publication Date: 8/14/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/12/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-13215, CVE-2018-10675, CVE-2018-3620, CVE-2018-3646, CVE-2018-3693, CVE-2018-5390, CVE-2018-7566

CWE: 200, 287, 362, 400, 416

RHSA: 2018:2384