RHEL 7 : kernel (RHSA-2020:3232)

Medium Nessus Plugin ID 139332

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-2020:3232 advisory.

 - 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

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

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

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-12653

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-12654

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:3232

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/1831868

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/1832530

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 139332

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2020-3232.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2020/08/05

Updated: 2020/08/07

Dependencies: 122878, 12634

Risk Information

Risk Factor: Medium

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-12653

CVSS v2.0

Base Score: 4.6

Temporal Score: 3.4

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

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

CVSS v3.0

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/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:redhat:enterprise_linux:7.2, cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_aus:7.2, cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_aus:7.2::server, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-abi-whitelists, 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-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: 2020/07/29

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2020/05/05

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-12653, CVE-2020-12654

RHSA: 2020:3232

CWE: 120, 122