RHEL 8 : kpatch-patch (RHSA-2023:0858)

high Nessus Plugin ID 171701

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2023:0858 advisory.

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

- kernel: use-after-free caused by l2cap_reassemble_sdu() in net/bluetooth/l2cap_core.c (CVE-2022-3564)

- kernel: stack overflow in do_proc_dointvec and proc_skip_spaces (CVE-2022-4378)

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 packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 171701

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2023-0858.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 2/21/2023

Updated: 5/24/2023

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

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-2022-4378

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:8.1, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kpatch-patch-4_18_0-147_70_1, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kpatch-patch-4_18_0-147_74_1, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kpatch-patch-4_18_0-147_76_1, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kpatch-patch-4_18_0-147_77_1, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kpatch-patch-4_18_0-147_78_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: 2/21/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/7/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-2964, CVE-2022-3564, CVE-2022-4378

CWE: 119, 120, 131, 416, 787

RHSA: 2023:0858

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