RHEL 8 : kpatch-patch (RHSA-2021:2099)

high Nessus Plugin ID 149898

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-2021:2099 advisory.

- kernel: use after free in eventpoll.c may lead to escalation of privilege (CVE-2020-0466)

- kernel: SCSI target (LIO) write to any block on ILO backstore (CVE-2020-28374)

- kernel: Use after free via PI futex state (CVE-2021-3347)

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-2020-0466

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-28374

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-3347

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:2099

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/1899804

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/1920480

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/1922249

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 149898

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2021-2099.nasl

Version: 1.10

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 5/25/2021

Updated: 12/28/2023

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: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 5.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-3347

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.1

Temporal Score: 7.3

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

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-28374

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_e4s:8.1, cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_eus:8.1, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kpatch-patch-4_18_0-147_20_1, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kpatch-patch-4_18_0-147_24_2, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kpatch-patch-4_18_0-147_27_1, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kpatch-patch-4_18_0-147_32_1, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kpatch-patch-4_18_0-147_34_1, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kpatch-patch-4_18_0-147_38_1, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kpatch-patch-4_18_0-147_43_1, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kpatch-patch-4_18_0-147_44_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: 5/25/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/14/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-0466, CVE-2020-28374, CVE-2021-3347

CWE: 20, 416

RHSA: 2021:2099