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CentOS 6 : kernel (CESA-2019:0717)
high Nessus Plugin ID 124035
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Synopsis
The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates.Description
An update for kernel is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.
The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system.
Security Fix(es) :
* kernel: Missing check in fs/inode.c:inode_init_owner() does not clear SGID bit on non-directories for non-members (CVE-2018-13405)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.
Bug Fix(es) :
* sched/sysctl: Check user input value of sysctl_sched_time_avg (BZ#1579128)
* unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at 000000000000005d in tcp_enter_frto+0x102 (BZ#1585892)
* qla2xxx: Mask Off Scope bits for Retry delay timer in the driver (BZ# 1588133)
* [PATCH] perf: Fix a race between ring_buffer_detach() and ring_buffer_wakeup() (BZ#1589340)
* RHEL6.10 - kernel: improve spectre mitigation for s390x (BZ#1625381)
* kernel panic due to NULL pointer dereference in __wake_up_common through perf_event_wakeup (BZ#1627672)
* After upgrading from rhel 6.9 to rhel 6.10, files in a cifs share can't be read (BZ#1636484)
* Retpoline impact on vdso gettimeofday performance (BZ#1638552)
* [RHEL 6.10] 32-bit kernel-2.6.32-754.3.5 registers the swap of 4k size only (BZ#1670328)
Solution
Update the affected kernel packages.See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 124035
File Name: centos_RHSA-2019-0717.nasl
Version: 1.4
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: CentOS Local Security Checks
Published: 4/15/2019
Updated: 12/31/2019
Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: High
Score: 7.4
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 4.6
Temporal Score: 3.6
Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-13405
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.8
Temporal Score: 7
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:P/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:kernel-debug-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:kernel-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:kernel-headers, cpe:/o:centos:centos:6, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:kernel-debug, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:kernel-abi-whitelists, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:kernel-firmware, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:perf, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:python-perf, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:kernel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:kernel-doc
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/CentOS/release, Host/CentOS/rpm-list
Exploit Available: true
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 4/12/2019
Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/6/2018
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2018-13405
RHSA: 2019:0717