RHEL 6 : kernel (RHSA-2018:1319)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 109634

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-2018:1319 advisory.

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

- hw: cpu: speculative execution permission faults handling (CVE-2017-5754)

- kernel: nfsd: Incorrect handling of long RPC replies (CVE-2017-7645)

- kernel: Use-after-free vulnerability in DCCP socket (CVE-2017-8824)

- kernel: v4l2: disabled memory access protection mechanism allowing privilege escalation (CVE-2017-13166)

- kernel: netfilter: use-after-free in tcpmss_mangle_packet function in net/netfilter/xt_TCPMSS.c (CVE-2017-18017)

- kernel: Stack information leak in the EFS element (CVE-2017-1000410)

- Kernel: error in exception handling leads to DoS (CVE-2018-8897)

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-2018:1319.

See Also

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

http://www.nessus.org/u?3723609e

https://access.redhat.com/security/vulnerabilities/pop_ss

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1443615

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1519160

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1519591

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1519781

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1531135

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1548412

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1567074

https://access.redhat.com/articles/3431591

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

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1319

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-5754

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 109634

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2018-1319.nasl

Version: 1.15

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 5/9/2018

Updated: 4/27/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Critical

Score: 9.5

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 8.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-18017

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 9.4

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/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: 5/10/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/18/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-1000410, CVE-2017-13166, CVE-2017-18017, CVE-2017-5715, CVE-2017-5754, CVE-2017-7645, CVE-2017-8824, CVE-2018-8897

CWE: 119, 130, 200, 250, 266, 416

RHSA: 2018:1319