Rocky Linux 8 [CIQ] Security Update: kexec-tools / kexec-tools-debuginfo / kexec-tools-debugsource (crlsa-2021_4404)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 358189

Synopsis

The Rocky Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The Rocky Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the CIQ crlsa-2021_4404 advisory.

* kexec-tools: incorrect permissions on kdump dmesg file (CVE-2021-20269)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the CIQ security advisory.

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 affected packages based on the guidance in CIQ advisory crlsa-2021_4404.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:4404

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1892558

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1915819

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1918499

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1934261

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1965267

https://errata.build.resf.org/RLSA-2021:4404

http://www.nessus.org/u?19ccfc36

http://www.nessus.org/u?309712c2

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 358189

File Name: ciq_rocky_linux_8_crlsa-2021_4404.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Published: 10/1/2026

Updated: 10/1/2026

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus Agent, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.18

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Unknown

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2.1

Temporal Score: 1.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-20269

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 4.8

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

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

Vulnerability Information

Required KB Items: Host/OS/extended-third-party, Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RockyLinux/release, Host/RockyLinux/rpm-list, Host/cpu

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/9/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/9/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-20269