RHEL 8 : kpatch-patch (RHSA-2024:1278)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 191951

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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-2024:1278 advisory.

- kernel: UAF in nftables when nft_set_lookup_global triggered after handling named and anonymous sets in batch requests (CVE-2023-3390)

- kernel: net/sched: sch_qfq component can be exploited if in qfq_change_agg function happens qfq_enqueue overhead (CVE-2023-3611)

- kernel: net/sched: sch_hfsc UAF (CVE-2023-4623)

- kernel: use-after-free in sch_qfq network scheduler (CVE-2023-4921)

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

- kernel: out-of-bounds write in qfq_change_class function (CVE-2023-31436)

- kernel: nf_tables: stack-out-of-bounds-read in nft_byteorder_eval() (CVE-2023-35001)

- kernel: IGB driver inadequate buffer size for frames larger than MTU (CVE-2023-45871)

- 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 kpatch-patch package based on the guidance in RHSA-2024:1278.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 191951

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2024-1278.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 3/12/2024

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: High

Score: 8.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.8

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: 8.8

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:P/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_113_1, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kpatch-patch-4_18_0-193_116_1, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kpatch-patch-4_18_0-193_119_1, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kpatch-patch-4_18_0-193_120_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: 3/12/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/28/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-31436, CVE-2023-3390, CVE-2023-35001, CVE-2023-3611, CVE-2023-45871, CVE-2023-4623, CVE-2023-4921, CVE-2023-5178, CVE-2024-0646

CWE: 120, 125, 416, 787

RHSA: 2024:1278

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