CentOS 7 : kernel (CESA-2020:3220)

High Nessus Plugin ID 139235

Synopsis

The remote CentOS Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote CentOS Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the CESA-2020:3220 advisory.

 - kernel: use-after-free caused by a malicious USB device in the drivers/hid/usbhid/hiddev.c driver (CVE-2019-19527)

 - kernel: kernel: DAX hugepages not considered during mremap (CVE-2020-10757)

 - kernel: buffer overflow in mwifiex_cmd_append_vsie_tlv function in drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/scan.c (CVE-2020-12653)

 - kernel: heap-based buffer overflow in mwifiex_ret_wmm_get_status function in drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/wmm.c (CVE-2020-12654)

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

http://www.nessus.org/u?1d164e5e

https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/119.html

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

https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/122.html

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

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 139235

File Name: centos_RHSA-2020-3220.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2020/07/31

Updated: 2020/07/31

Dependencies: 12634

Risk Information

Risk Factor: High

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-19527

CVSS v2.0

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

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

CVSS v3.0

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.9

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:centos:centos:7, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:bpftool, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:kernel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:kernel-abi-whitelists, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:kernel-debug, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:kernel-debug-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:kernel-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:kernel-headers, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:kernel-tools, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:kernel-tools-libs, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:kernel-tools-libs-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:perf, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:python-perf

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

Patch Publication Date: 2020/07/30

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2019/12/03

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-19527, CVE-2020-10757, CVE-2020-12653, CVE-2020-12654

RHSA: 2020:3220

CWE: 119, 120, 122, 416