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RHEL 6 : kernel (RHSA-2011:1350)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 56404
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Synopsis
The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.Description
The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 6 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2011:1350 advisory.- kernel: tpm infoleaks (CVE-2011-1160)
- kernel: agp: insufficient pg_start parameter checking in AGPIOC_BIND and AGPIOC_UNBIND ioctls (CVE-2011-1745, CVE-2011-2022)
- kernel: agp: insufficient page_count parameter checking in agp_allocate_memory() (CVE-2011-1746)
- kernel: ecryptfs: mount source TOCTOU race (CVE-2011-1833)
- kernel: taskstats: duplicate entries in listener mode can lead to DoS (CVE-2011-2484)
- kernel: mm: avoid wrapping vm_pgoff in mremap() and stack expansions (CVE-2011-2496)
- kernel: perf, x86: fix Intel fixed counters base initialization (CVE-2011-2521)
- kernel: gro: only reset frag0 when skb can be pulled (CVE-2011-2723)
- kernel: af_packet: infoleak (CVE-2011-2898)
- kernel: perf: Fix software event overflow (CVE-2011-2918)
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 affected packages.See Also
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=684671
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=698996
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=698998
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=713463
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=715436
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=716538
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=719228
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=726552
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=728023
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=730706
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=731172
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=732379
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011-1241.html
http://www.nessus.org/u?167740cd
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 56404
File Name: redhat-RHSA-2011-1350.nasl
Version: 1.21
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks
Published: 10/6/2011
Updated: 4/27/2024
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: 6.9
Temporal Score: 5.4
Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2011-2022
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 5.5
Temporal Score: 5
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2011-2898
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-bootwrapper, 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-firmware, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-headers, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-kdump, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-kdump-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perf, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6
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: 10/5/2011
Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/9/2011
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2011-1160, CVE-2011-1745, CVE-2011-1746, CVE-2011-1833, CVE-2011-2022, CVE-2011-2484, CVE-2011-2496, CVE-2011-2521, CVE-2011-2723, CVE-2011-2898, CVE-2011-2918
BID: 46866, 47321, 47534, 47535, 47843, 48383, 48580, 48929, 49108, 49152