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AlmaLinux 9 : kpatch-patch (ALSA-2022:6592)

high Nessus Plugin ID 167658

Synopsis

The remote AlmaLinux host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote AlmaLinux 9 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALSA-2022:6592 advisory.

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 kernel package.

See Also

https://errata.almalinux.org/9/ALSA-2022-6592.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 167658

File Name: alma_linux_ALSA-2022-6592.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Published: 11/16/2022

Updated: 1/13/2023

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Critical

Score: 9.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 6.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-34918

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:alma:linux:9::baseos, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:kernel

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/AlmaLinux/release, Host/AlmaLinux/rpm-list

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/20/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/20/2022

Exploitable With

Core Impact

Metasploit (Netfilter nft_set_elem_init Heap Overflow Privilege Escalation)

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-34918

CWE: 1025