RHEL 8 : kpatch-patch (RHSA-2023:7559)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 186383

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2023:7559 advisory.

- kernel: use after free in nvmet_tcp_free_crypto in NVMe (CVE-2023-5178)

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-2023:7559.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?7ff4ea7a

https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2241924

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:7559

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 186383

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2023-7559.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/28/2023

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: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-5178

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/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:8.4, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kpatch-patch-4_18_0-305_103_1, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kpatch-patch-4_18_0-305_108_1, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kpatch-patch-4_18_0-305_91_1, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kpatch-patch-4_18_0-305_97_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: 11/28/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/27/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-5178

CWE: 416

RHSA: 2023:7559