RHEL 9 : kpatch-patch (RHSA-2023:0348)

high Nessus Plugin ID 170421

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Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 9 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2023:0348 advisory.

- kernel: watch queue race condition can lead to privilege escalation (CVE-2022-2959)

- kernel: memory corruption in AX88179_178A based USB ethernet device. (CVE-2022-2964)

- kernel: i915: Incorrect GPU TLB flush can lead to random memory access (CVE-2022-4139)

- kernel: nfsd buffer overflow by RPC message over TCP with garbage data (CVE-2022-43945)

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 affected kpatch-patch-5_14_0-162_6_1 package.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 170421

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2023-0348.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 1/23/2023

Updated: 10/24/2023

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-4139

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:9, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kpatch-patch-5_14_0-162_6_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: 1/23/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/7/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-2959, CVE-2022-2964, CVE-2022-4139, CVE-2022-43945

CWE: 119, 281, 416, 667, 770

RHSA: 2023:0348

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