RHEL 8 : kernel (RHSA-2020:1372)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 139381
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Synopsis
The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.Description
The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2020:1372 advisory.- kernel: powerpc: local user can read vector registers of other users' processes via a Facility Unavailable exception (CVE-2019-15030)
- kernel: powerpc: local user can read vector registers of other users' processes via an interrupt (CVE-2019-15031)
- kernel: powerpc: incomplete Spectre-RSB mitigation leads to information exposure (CVE-2019-18660)
- kernel: use-after-free caused by a malicious USB device in the drivers/hid/usbhid/hiddev.c driver (CVE-2019-19527)
Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.
Solution
Update the affected packages.See Also
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-18660
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-19527
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:1372
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-15031
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/1777825
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/1783498
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-15030
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 139381
File Name: redhat-RHSA-2020-1372.nasl
Version: 1.7
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks
Published: 8/7/2020
Updated: 1/23/2023
Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 6.7
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: High
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 Score Source: CVE-2019-19527
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Medium
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:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*, cpe:2.3:o:redhat:rhel_eus:8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*, cpe:2.3:o:redhat:rhel_aus:8.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*, cpe:2.3:o:redhat:rhel_e4s:8.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*, cpe:2.3:o:redhat:rhel_eus:8.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*, cpe:2.3:o:redhat:rhel_tus:8.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*, 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-devel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*, p-cpe:2.3:a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-devel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*, 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:kernel-abi-whitelists:*:*:*:*:*:*:*, p-cpe:2.3:a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-tools:*:*:*:*:*:*:*, 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: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-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-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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*, cpe:2.3:o:redhat:rhel_e4s:8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*, cpe:2.3:o:redhat:rhel_eus:8.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*, cpe:2.3:o:redhat:rhel_aus:8.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*, cpe:2.3:o:redhat:rhel_e4s:8.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*, cpe:2.3:o:redhat:rhel_tus:8.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*, cpe:2.3:o:redhat:rhel_aus:8.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*, cpe:2.3:o:redhat:rhel_e4s:8.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*, cpe:2.3:o:redhat:rhel_eus:8.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*, cpe:2.3:o:redhat:rhel_tus:8.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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: 4/7/2020
Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/13/2019
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2019-15030, CVE-2019-15031, CVE-2019-18660, CVE-2019-19527