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RHEL 8 : kpatch-patch (RHSA-2022:0335)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 157296
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Synopsis
The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update for kpatch-patch.Description
The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2022:0335 advisory.- kernel: xfs: raw block device data leak in XFS_IOC_ALLOCSP IOCTL (CVE-2021-4155)
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-2022:0335.See Also
http://www.nessus.org/u?10195930
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 157296
File Name: redhat-RHSA-2022-0335.nasl
Version: 1.9
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks
Published: 2/1/2022
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: Low
Score: 3.6
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 4.6
Temporal Score: 3.4
Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:N/A:N
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-4155
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 5.5
Temporal Score: 4.8
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_e4s:8.1, 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, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kpatch-patch-4_18_0-147_48_1, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kpatch-patch-4_18_0-147_51_1, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kpatch-patch-4_18_0-147_51_2, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kpatch-patch-4_18_0-147_52_1, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kpatch-patch-4_18_0-147_54_2, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kpatch-patch-4_18_0-147_56_1, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kpatch-patch-4_18_0-147_57_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: 2/1/2022
Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/11/2021
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2021-4155