RHEL 5 : kernel (RHSA-2018:1252)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 194049

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 5 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2018:1252 advisory.

- kernel: exec/ptrace: get_dumpable() incorrect tests (CVE-2013-2929)

- hw: cpu: speculative execution branch target injection (CVE-2017-5715)

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 package based on the guidance in RHSA-2018:1252.

See Also

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

http://www.nessus.org/u?892ef523

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-5715

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1028148

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1519780

http://www.nessus.org/u?747ec203

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1252

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 194049

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2018-1252.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 4/27/2024

Updated: 4/29/2024

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.3

Temporal Score: 2.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2013-2929

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.6

Temporal Score: 5.4

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:H/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-5715

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_aus:5.9, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-pae, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-pae-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-debug, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-debug-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-headers, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-xen, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-xen-devel

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: 4/25/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/12/2013

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2013-2929, CVE-2017-5715

CWE: 200

IAVA: 2018-A-0017-S

RHSA: 2018:1252