RHEL 9 : kpatch-patch (RHSA-2023:1466)

high Nessus Plugin ID 173428

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Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update for kpatch-patch.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2023:1466 advisory.

- kernel: tun: avoid double free in tun_free_netdev (CVE-2022-4744)

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 RHEL kpatch-patch package based on the guidance in RHSA-2023:1466.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 173428

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2023-1466.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 3/27/2023

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: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-4744

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 7

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:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kpatch-patch-5_14_0-70_43_1, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kpatch-patch-5_14_0-70_49_1, cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_eus:9.0, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kpatch-patch-5_14_0-70_26_1, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kpatch-patch-5_14_0-70_30_1, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kpatch-patch-5_14_0-70_36_1

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/27/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/27/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-4744

CWE: 824

RHSA: 2023:1466

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