RHEL 8 : kpatch-patch (RHSA-2023:0396)

high Nessus Plugin ID 170491

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2023:0396 advisory.

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

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 packages.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-2964

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:0396

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2067482

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 170491

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2023-0396.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/24/2023

Updated: 5/24/2023

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

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-2022-2964

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:rhel_e4s:8.2, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kpatch-patch-4_18_0-193_87_1, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kpatch-patch-4_18_0-193_90_1, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kpatch-patch-4_18_0-193_91_1, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kpatch-patch-4_18_0-193_93_1, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kpatch-patch-4_18_0-193_95_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: 1/24/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/7/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-2964

CWE: 119

RHSA: 2023:0396