RHEL 7 : kernel (RHSA-2020:1016)

High Nessus Plugin ID 135080

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2020:1016 advisory.

 - kernel: out of bound read in DVB connexant driver.
 (CVE-2015-9289)

 - kernel: Missing permissions check for request_key() destination allows local attackers to add keys to keyring without Write permission (CVE-2017-17807)

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

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

 - kernel: denial of service via ioctl call in network tun handling (CVE-2018-7191)

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

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

 - Kernel: net: using kernel space address bits to derive IP ID may potentially break KASLR (CVE-2019-10639)

 - kernel: ASLR bypass for setuid binaries due to late install_exec_creds() (CVE-2019-11190)

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

 - kernel: unchecked kstrdup of fwstr in drm_load_edid_firmware leads to denial of service (CVE-2019-12382)

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

 - kernel: denial of service in arch/powerpc/kernel/signal_32.c and arch/powerpc/kernel/signal_64.c via sigreturn() system call (CVE-2019-13648)

 - kernel: integer overflow and OOB read in drivers/block/floppy.c (CVE-2019-14283)

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

 - kernel: buffer-overflow hardening in WiFi beacon validation code. (CVE-2019-16746)

 - kernel: (powerpc) incomplete Spectre-RSB mitigation leads to information exposure (CVE-2019-18660)

 - kernel: perf_event_open() and execve() race in setuid programs allows a data leak (CVE-2019-3901)

 - kernel: brcmfmac frame validation bypass (CVE-2019-9503)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/120.html

https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/862.html

https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/125.html

https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/787.html

https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/400.html

https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/476.html

https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/476.html

https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/331.html

https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/200.html

https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/200.html

https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/250.html

https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/200.html

https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/253.html

https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/476.html

https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/416.html

https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/400.html

https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/190.html

https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/125.html

https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/400.html

https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/120.html

https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/200.html

https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/362.html

https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/20.html

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:1016

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-9289

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-17807

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-19985

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-20169

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-7191

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-10207

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-10638

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-10639

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-11190

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-11884

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-12382

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-13233

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-13648

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-14283

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-15916

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-16746

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-18660

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-3901

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-9503

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/1507149

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/1651706

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/1694201

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/1702264

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/1711520

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/1733347

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/1749390

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/1750577

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/1757325

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/1757872

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/1758001

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/1760294

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/1770404

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 135080

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2020-1016.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2020/04/01

Updated: 2020/04/21

Dependencies: 12634, 122878

Risk Information

Risk Factor: High

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-9503

CVSS v2.0

Base Score: 7.9

Temporal Score: 5.8

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

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

CVSS v3.0

Base Score: 8.3

Temporal Score: 7.2

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7::client, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7::computenode, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7::server, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7::workstation, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:bpftool, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-abi-whitelists, 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-doc, 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

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/cpu

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2020/03/31

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2017/12/20

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-9289, CVE-2017-17807, CVE-2018-7191, CVE-2018-19985, CVE-2018-20169, CVE-2019-3901, CVE-2019-9503, CVE-2019-10207, CVE-2019-10638, CVE-2019-10639, CVE-2019-11190, CVE-2019-11884, CVE-2019-12382, CVE-2019-13233, CVE-2019-13648, CVE-2019-14283, CVE-2019-15916, CVE-2019-16746, CVE-2019-18660

BID: 89937, 102301, 107528, 107890, 108011, 108299, 108380, 108474, 109055, 109092

RHSA: 2020:1016

CWE: 20, 120, 125, 190, 200, 250, 253, 331, 362, 400, 416, 476, 787, 862