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RHEL 4 : kernel (RHSA-2011:0162)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 51569
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Synopsis
The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates for kernel.Description
The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 4 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2011:0162 advisory.- kernel: tipc: heap overflow in tipc_msg_build() (CVE-2010-3859)
- kernel: net/packet/af_packet.c: reading uninitialized stack memory (CVE-2010-3876)
- kernel: ipc/shm.c: reading uninitialized stack memory (CVE-2010-4072)
- kernel: ipc/compat*.c: reading uninitialized stack memory (CVE-2010-4073)
- kernel: drivers/serial/serial_core.c: reading uninitialized stack memory (CVE-2010-4075)
- kernel: drivers/sound/pci/rme9652/hdsp.c: reading uninitialized stack memory (CVE-2010-4080)
- kernel: ipc/sem.c: reading uninitialized stack memory (CVE-2010-4083)
- kernel: gdth: integer overflow in ioc_general() (CVE-2010-4157)
- kernel: socket filters infoleak (CVE-2010-4158)
- kernel: missing tty ops write function presence check in hci_uart_tty_open() (CVE-2010-4242)
- kernel: unix socket local dos (CVE-2010-4249)
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-2011:0162.See Also
http://www.nessus.org/u?9f4273f7
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=641410
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=645867
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=648656
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=648658
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=648660
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=648669
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=648673
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=649715
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=651147
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=651698
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=656756
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 51569
File Name: redhat-RHSA-2011-0162.nasl
Version: 1.22
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks
Published: 1/19/2011
Updated: 4/21/2024
Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 6.7
Vendor
Vendor Severity: Important
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-2010-3859
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 5.5
Temporal Score: 5
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2010-4249
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-hugemem, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-hugemem-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-largesmp, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-largesmp-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-smp, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-smp-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-xenu, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-xenu-devel, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:4
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: 1/18/2011
Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/29/2010
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2010-3859, CVE-2010-3876, CVE-2010-4072, CVE-2010-4073, CVE-2010-4075, CVE-2010-4080, CVE-2010-4083, CVE-2010-4157, CVE-2010-4158, CVE-2010-4242, CVE-2010-4249
BID: 43806, 43809, 44354, 44630, 44648, 44758, 45014, 45037, 45054, 45058, 45063, 45073