RHEL 7 : kpatch-patch (RHSA-2021:4798)

high Nessus Plugin ID 155688

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2021:4798 advisory.

- kernel: use-after-free in drivers/infiniband/core/ucma.c ctx use-after-free (CVE-2020-36385)

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://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-36385

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:4798

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/1974319

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 155688

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2021-4798.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/23/2021

Updated: 5/24/2023

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-36385

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/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_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_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_42_2, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kpatch-patch-3_10_0-1160_45_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: 11/23/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/7/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-36385

CWE: 416

RHSA: 2021:4798