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EulerOS Virtualization 2.5.4 : kernel (EulerOS-SA-2019-1236)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 123704
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Synopsis
The remote EulerOS Virtualization host is missing a security update.Description
According to the version of the kernel packages installed, the EulerOS Virtualization installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerability :- The Linux kernel is vulnerable to a NULL pointer dereference in the ext4/xattr.c:ext4_xattr_inode_hash() function. An attacker could trick a legitimate user or a privileged attacker could exploit this to cause a NULL pointer dereference with a crafted ext4 image.i1/4^CVE-2018-1094i1/4%0
Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the EulerOS security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.
Solution
Update the affected kernel package.See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 123704
File Name: EulerOS_SA-2019-1236.nasl
Version: 1.7
Type: local
Family: Huawei Local Security Checks
Published: 4/4/2019
Updated: 1/6/2021
Supported Sensors: Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 4.4
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.1
Temporal Score: 5.3
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 5.5
Temporal Score: 4.8
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:huawei:euleros:kernel, p-cpe:/a:huawei:euleros:kernel-devel, p-cpe:/a:huawei:euleros:kernel-headers, p-cpe:/a:huawei:euleros:kernel-tools, p-cpe:/a:huawei:euleros:kernel-tools-libs, p-cpe:/a:huawei:euleros:kernel-tools-libs-devel, cpe:/o:huawei:euleros:uvp:2.5.4
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/EulerOS/release, Host/EulerOS/rpm-list, Host/EulerOS/uvp_version
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 4/2/2019
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2018-1094