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RHEL 8 : kpatch-patch (RHSA-2020:4331)
high Nessus Plugin ID 170291
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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-2020:4331 advisory.- kernel: metadata validator in XFS may cause an inode with a valid, user-creatable extended attribute to be flagged as corrupt (CVE-2020-14385)
- kernel: memory corruption in net/packet/af_packet.c leads to elevation of privilege (CVE-2020-14386)
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-2020:4331.See Also
http://www.nessus.org/u?248c2c02
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:4331
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 170291
File Name: redhat-RHSA-2020-4331.nasl
Version: 1.2
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks
Published: 1/23/2023
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-2020-14386
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:8, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kpatch-patch-4_18_0-193, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kpatch-patch-4_18_0-193_13_2, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kpatch-patch-4_18_0-193_14_3, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kpatch-patch-4_18_0-193_19_1, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kpatch-patch-4_18_0-193_1_2, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kpatch-patch-4_18_0-193_6_3
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: 10/26/2020
Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/4/2020
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2020-14385, CVE-2020-14386