RHEL 7 : kpatch-patch (RHSA-2021:3441)

high Nessus Plugin ID 153097

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update for kpatch-patch.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2021:3441 advisory.

- kernel: use-after-free in route4_change() in net/sched/cls_route.c (CVE-2021-3715)

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 RHEL kpatch-patch package based on the guidance in RHSA-2021:3441.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?be97e94e

https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:3441

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1993988

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 153097

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2021-3441.nasl

Version: 1.10

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/7/2021

Updated: 4/28/2024

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: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-3715

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

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, 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_24_1, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kpatch-patch-3_10_0-1160_25_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_31_1, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kpatch-patch-3_10_0-1160_36_2, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kpatch-patch-3_10_0-1160_41_1, 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 Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/7/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/8/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-3715

CWE: 416

RHSA: 2021:3441