RHEL 8 : kernel (RHSA-2019:3517)

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VPR Score: 7.7

Synopsis

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

Description

An update for kernel is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.

The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system.

Security Fix(es) :

* kernel: nfs: use-after-free in svc_process_common() (CVE-2018-16884)

* Kernel: vhost_net: infinite loop while receiving packets leads to DoS (CVE-2019-3900)

* Kernel: page cache side channel attacks (CVE-2019-5489)

* hardware: bluetooth: BR/EDR encryption key negotiation attacks (KNOB) (CVE-2019-9506)

* kernel: Heap overflow in mwifiex_uap_parse_tail_ies function in drivers/net /wireless/marvell/mwifiex/ie.c (CVE-2019-10126)

* Kernel: KVM: OOB memory access via mmio ring buffer (CVE-2019-14821)

* kernel: Information Disclosure in crypto_report_one in crypto/crypto_user.c (CVE-2018-19854)

* kernel: usb: missing size check in the __usb_get_extra_descriptor() leading to DoS (CVE-2018-20169)

* kernel: Heap address information leak while using L2CAP_GET_CONF_OPT (CVE-2019-3459)

* kernel: Heap address information leak while using L2CAP_PARSE_CONF_RSP (CVE-2019-3460)

* kernel: SCTP socket buffer memory leak leading to denial of service (CVE-2019-3874)

* kernel: denial of service vector through vfio DMA mappings (CVE-2019-3882)

* kernel: NULL pointer dereference in hci_uart_set_flow_control (CVE-2019-10207)

* kernel: fix race condition between mmget_not_zero()/get_task_mm() and core dumping (CVE-2019-11599)

* kernel: fs/ext4/extents.c leads to information disclosure (CVE-2019-11833)

* kernel: sensitive information disclosure from kernel stack memory via HIDPCONNADD command (CVE-2019-11884)

* kernel: use-after-free in arch/x86/lib/insn-eval.c (CVE-2019-13233)

* kernel: memory leak in register_queue_kobjects() in net/core/net-sysfs.c leads to denial of service (CVE-2019-15916)

* kernel: Linux stack ASLR implementation Integer overflow (CVE-2015-1593)

* kernel: oob memory read in hso_probe in drivers/net/usb/hso.c (CVE-2018-19985)

* Kernel: KVM: leak of uninitialized stack contents to guest (CVE-2019-7222)

* Kernel: net: weak IP ID generation leads to remote device tracking (CVE-2019-10638)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Additional Changes :

For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.1 Release Notes linked from the References section.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 130547

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2019-3517.nasl

Version: 1.8

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 11/6/2019

Updated: 5/13/2020

Dependencies: ssh_get_info.nasl, linux_alt_patch_detect.nasl

Risk Information

Risk Factor: High

VPR Score: 7.7

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-10126

CVSS v2.0

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS2#E:H/RL:OF/RC:C

CVSS v3.0

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 9.4

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*, p-cpe:2.3:a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*, p-cpe:2.3:a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-debug:*:*:*:*:*:*:*, p-cpe:2.3:a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-debug-debuginfo:*:*:*:*:*:*:*, p-cpe:2.3:a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-debug-devel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*, p-cpe:2.3:a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-debuginfo:*:*:*:*:*:*:*, p-cpe:2.3:a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64:*:*:*:*:*:*:*, p-cpe:2.3:a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-devel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*, p-cpe:2.3:a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-doc:*:*:*:*:*:*:*, p-cpe:2.3:a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-headers:*:*:*:*:*:*:*, p-cpe:2.3:a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perf:*:*:*:*:*:*:*, p-cpe:2.3:a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perf-debuginfo:*:*:*:*:*:*:*, p-cpe:2.3:a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-abi-whitelists:*:*:*:*:*:*:*, p-cpe:2.3:a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-debuginfo-common-s390x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*, p-cpe:2.3:a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-tools:*:*:*:*:*:*:*, p-cpe:2.3:a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-tools-debuginfo:*:*:*:*:*:*:*, p-cpe:2.3:a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-tools-libs:*:*:*:*:*:*:*, p-cpe:2.3:a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-tools-libs-devel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*, p-cpe:2.3:a:redhat:enterprise_linux:bpftool:*:*:*:*:*:*:*, p-cpe:2.3:a:redhat:enterprise_linux:bpftool-debuginfo:*:*:*:*:*:*:*, p-cpe:2.3:a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-core:*:*:*:*:*:*:*, p-cpe:2.3:a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-cross-headers:*:*:*:*:*:*:*, p-cpe:2.3:a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-debug-core:*:*:*:*:*:*:*, p-cpe:2.3:a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-debug-modules:*:*:*:*:*:*:*, p-cpe:2.3:a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-debug-modules-extra:*:*:*:*:*:*:*, p-cpe:2.3:a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64:*:*:*:*:*:*:*, p-cpe:2.3:a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-modules:*:*:*:*:*:*:*, p-cpe:2.3:a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-modules-extra:*:*:*:*:*:*:*, p-cpe:2.3:a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-zfcpdump:*:*:*:*:*:*:*, p-cpe:2.3:a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-zfcpdump-core:*:*:*:*:*:*:*, p-cpe:2.3:a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-zfcpdump-debuginfo:*:*:*:*:*:*:*, p-cpe:2.3:a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-zfcpdump-devel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*, p-cpe:2.3:a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-zfcpdump-modules:*:*:*:*:*:*:*, p-cpe:2.3:a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-zfcpdump-modules-extra:*:*:*:*:*:*:*, p-cpe:2.3:a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python3-perf:*:*:*:*:*:*:*, p-cpe:2.3:a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python3-perf-debuginfo:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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: 11/5/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/16/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-9506, CVE-2019-10207, CVE-2019-5489, CVE-2018-16884, CVE-2018-19854, CVE-2018-19985, CVE-2018-20169, CVE-2019-3459, CVE-2019-3460, CVE-2019-7222, CVE-2019-3882, CVE-2019-11833, CVE-2019-11884, CVE-2019-12382, CVE-2019-10126, CVE-2019-10638, CVE-2019-11599, CVE-2019-13233, CVE-2019-15916, CVE-2019-15924, CVE-2019-15921, CVE-2019-3900, CVE-2019-15666, CVE-2015-1593, CVE-2019-3874, CVE-2019-14821, CVE-2019-16994, CVE-2020-11669

RHSA: 2019:3517