RHEL 6 : kernel (RHSA-2018:0169)

high Nessus Plugin ID 106334

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 6 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2018:0169 advisory.

- kernel: Integer overflow in ip6_find_1stfragopt() causes infinite loop (CVE-2017-7542)

- kernel: net: IPv6 fragmentation implementation of nexthdr field may be associated with an invalid option (CVE-2017-9074)

- kernel: Use-after-free in sys_mq_notify() (CVE-2017-11176)

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-2018:0169.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?da64c276

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0169

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

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1452679

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1470659

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1473649

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 106334

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2018-0169.nasl

Version: 1.13

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/25/2018

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: Critical

Score: 9.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 6.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-9074

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 7.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-headers, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-firmware, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-debug-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-kdump, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-bootwrapper, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python-perf, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-kdump-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-debug, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perf

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: 1/25/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/19/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-11176, CVE-2017-7542, CVE-2017-9074

CWE: 125, 416, 835

RHSA: 2018:0169