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RHEL 7 : kernel (RHSA-2019:1170)
high Nessus Plugin ID 125039
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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-2019:1170 advisory.- kernel: media: use-after-free in [tuner-xc2028] media driver (CVE-2016-7913)
- kernel: Buffer overflow in firewire driver via crafted incoming packets (CVE-2016-8633)
- kernel: Out-of-bounds access via an XFRM_MSG_MIGRATE xfrm Netlink message (CVE-2017-11600)
- kernel: memory leak when merging buffers in SCSI IO vectors (CVE-2017-12190)
- kernel: crypto: privilege escalation in skcipher_recvmsg function (CVE-2017-13215)
- Kernel: ipsec: xfrm: use-after-free leading to potential privilege escalation (CVE-2017-16939)
- kernel: Unallocated memory access by malicious USB device via bNumInterfaces overflow (CVE-2017-17558)
- Kernel: KVM: DoS via write flood to I/O port 0x80 (CVE-2017-1000407)
- kernel: Out-of-bounds write via userland offsets in ebt_entry struct in netfilter/ebtables.c (CVE-2018-1068)
- Kernel: FPU state information leakage via lazy FPU restore (CVE-2018-3665)
- hardware: Microarchitectural Store Buffer Data Sampling (MSBDS) (CVE-2018-12126)
- hardware: Micro-architectural Load Port Data Sampling - Information Leak (MLPDS) (CVE-2018-12127)
- hardware: Microarchitectural Fill Buffer Data Sampling (MFBDS) (CVE-2018-12130)
- kernel: Use-after-free due to race condition in AF_PACKET implementation (CVE-2018-18559)
- hardware: Microarchitectural Data Sampling Uncacheable Memory (MDSUM) (CVE-2019-11091)
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-2019:1170.See Also
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1585011
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1641878
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1646781
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1646784
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1667782
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1705312
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1170
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
http://www.nessus.org/u?0a6148ec
https://access.redhat.com/security/vulnerabilities/mds
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1391490
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1402885
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1474928
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1495089
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1517220
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1520328
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1525474
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 125039
File Name: redhat-RHSA-2019-1170.nasl
Version: 1.10
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks
Published: 5/14/2019
Updated: 4/24/2024
Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: High
Score: 7.4
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 9.3
Temporal Score: 7.3
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2016-7913
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 8.1
Temporal Score: 7.3
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-18559
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:rhel_eus:7.4
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/cpu
Exploit Available: true
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 5/14/2019
Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/16/2016
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2016-7913, CVE-2016-8633, CVE-2017-1000407, CVE-2017-11600, CVE-2017-12190, CVE-2017-13215, CVE-2017-16939, CVE-2017-17558, CVE-2018-1068, CVE-2018-12126, CVE-2018-12127, CVE-2018-12130, CVE-2018-18559, CVE-2018-3665, CVE-2019-11091