RHEL 8 : kpatch-patch (RHSA-2022:1535)

high Nessus Plugin ID 160229

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates for kpatch-patch.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2022:1535 advisory.

- kernel: use-after-free in RDMA listen() (CVE-2021-4028)

- kernel: heap out of bounds write in nf_dup_netdev.c (CVE-2022-25636)

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 RHEL kpatch-patch package based on the guidance in RHSA-2022:1535.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?cfd14ead

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

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:1535

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2027201

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2056830

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 160229

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2022-1535.nasl

Version: 1.10

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 4/27/2022

Updated: 4/23/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Critical

Score: 9.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.9

Temporal Score: 6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-25636

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 7.5

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:H/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kpatch-patch-4_18_0-348, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kpatch-patch-4_18_0-348_12_2, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kpatch-patch-4_18_0-348_20_1, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kpatch-patch-4_18_0-348_2_1, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kpatch-patch-4_18_0-348_7_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: 4/26/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/24/2022

Exploitable With

Core Impact

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-4028, CVE-2022-25636

CWE: 416, 787

RHSA: 2022:1535