RHEL 9 : kernel-rt (RHSA-2024:0725)

high Nessus Plugin ID 190109

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Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates for kernel-rt.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2024:0725 advisory.

- kernel: sctp: fail if no bound addresses can be used for a given scope (CVE-2023-1074)

- kernel: NULL pointer dereference in nvmet_tcp_build_iovec (CVE-2023-6356)

- kernel: NULL pointer dereference in nvmet_tcp_execute_request (CVE-2023-6535)

- kernel: NULL pointer dereference in __nvmet_req_complete (CVE-2023-6536)

- kernel: Out-Of-Bounds Read vulnerability in smbCalcSize (CVE-2023-6606)

- kernel: OOB Access in smb2_dump_detail (CVE-2023-6610)

- kernel: use-after-free in IPv4 IGMP (CVE-2023-6932)

- kernel: refcount leak in ctnetlink_create_conntrack() (CVE-2023-7192)

- kernel: drivers/usb/storage/ene_ub6250.c (CVE-2023-45862)

- kernel: ktls overwrites readonly memory pages when using function splice with a ktls socket as destination (CVE-2024-0646)

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 kernel-rt package based on the guidance in RHSA-2024:0725.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 190109

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2024-0725.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 2/7/2024

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-2024-0646

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: cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_eus:9.2, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-rt, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-rt-core, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-rt-debug, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-rt-debug-core, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-rt-debug-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-rt-debug-kvm, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-rt-debug-modules, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-rt-debug-modules-core, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-rt-debug-modules-extra, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-rt-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-rt-kvm, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-rt-modules, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-rt-modules-core, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-rt-modules-extra

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: 2/7/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/17/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-1074, CVE-2023-45862, CVE-2023-6356, CVE-2023-6535, CVE-2023-6536, CVE-2023-6606, CVE-2023-6610, CVE-2023-6932, CVE-2023-7192, CVE-2024-0646

CWE: 125, 401, 416, 476

RHSA: 2024:0725

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