RHEL 8 : kpatch-patch (RHSA-2023:4146)

high Nessus Plugin ID 178425

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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-2023:4146 advisory.

- kernel: net/ulp: use-after-free in listening ULP sockets (CVE-2023-0461)

- kernel: tcindex: use-after-free vulnerability in traffic control index filter allows privilege escalation (CVE-2023-1281)

- kernel: remote DoS in TIPC kernel module (CVE-2023-1390)

- kernel: netfilter: use-after-free in nf_tables when processing batch requests can lead to privilege escalation (CVE-2023-32233)

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-2023:4146.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 178425

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2023-4146.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 7/18/2023

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: High

Score: 8.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-32233

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 7.5

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:H/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_100_1, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kpatch-patch-4_18_0-193_105_1, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kpatch-patch-4_18_0-193_95_1, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kpatch-patch-4_18_0-193_98_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: 7/18/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/28/2023

Exploitable With

Core Impact

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-0461, CVE-2023-1281, CVE-2023-1390, CVE-2023-32233

CWE: 1050, 416

RHSA: 2023:4146

Detections

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