Slackware 14.2 : Slackware 14.2 kernel (SSA:2019-202-01)

high Nessus Plugin ID 126882

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Synopsis

The remote Slackware host is missing a security update.

Description

New kernel packages are available for Slackware 14.2 to fix security issues.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?60ee670e

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 126882

File Name: Slackware_SSA_2019-202-01.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Published: 7/22/2019

Updated: 1/8/2020

Dependencies: ssh_get_info.nasl

Risk Information

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-3846

VPR

Risk Factor: Critical

Score: 9.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.3

Temporal Score: 7.2

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

Temporal Vector: E:H/RL:OF/RC:C

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 8.4

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

Temporal Vector: E:H/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:slackware:slackware_linux:kernel-firmware, p-cpe:/a:slackware:slackware_linux:kernel-generic, p-cpe:/a:slackware:slackware_linux:kernel-generic-smp, p-cpe:/a:slackware:slackware_linux:kernel-headers, p-cpe:/a:slackware:slackware_linux:kernel-huge, p-cpe:/a:slackware:slackware_linux:kernel-huge-smp, p-cpe:/a:slackware:slackware_linux:kernel-modules, p-cpe:/a:slackware:slackware_linux:kernel-modules-smp, p-cpe:/a:slackware:slackware_linux:kernel-source, cpe:/o:slackware:slackware_linux:14.2

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Slackware/release, Host/Slackware/packages

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/21/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/21/2018

Exploitable With

Metasploit (Linux Polkit pkexec helper PTRACE_TRACEME local root exploit)

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-16597, CVE-2019-10126, CVE-2019-11599, CVE-2019-13272, CVE-2019-3846, CVE-2019-3892

SSA: 2019-202-01