RHEL 7 : kpatch-patch (RHSA-2021:1069)

high Nessus Plugin ID 148331

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-2021:1069 advisory.

- kernel: out-of-bounds read in libiscsi module (CVE-2021-27364)

- kernel: heap buffer overflow in the iSCSI subsystem (CVE-2021-27365)

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-2021-27364

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-27365

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:1069

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/1930078

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/1930080

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 148331

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2021-1069.nasl

Version: 1.9

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 4/6/2021

Updated: 1/5/2024

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.6

Temporal Score: 3.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-27365

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 7

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:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kpatch-patch-3_10_0-1160, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kpatch-patch-3_10_0-1160_11_1, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kpatch-patch-3_10_0-1160_15_2, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kpatch-patch-3_10_0-1160_21_1, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kpatch-patch-3_10_0-1160_2_1, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kpatch-patch-3_10_0-1160_2_2, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kpatch-patch-3_10_0-1160_6_1

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: 4/6/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/7/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-27364, CVE-2021-27365

CWE: 122, 125, 200, 250

RHSA: 2021:1069