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RHEL 8 : kernel (RHSA-2019:2703)
high Nessus Plugin ID 128665
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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 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2019:2703 advisory.The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system.
Security Fix(es):
* kernel: Heap overflow in mwifiex_update_bss_desc_with_ie function in marvell/mwifiex/scan.c (CVE-2019-3846)
* Kernel: KVM: nVMX: guest accesses L0 MSR causes potential DoS (CVE-2019-3887)
* kernel: brcmfmac heap buffer overflow in brcmf_wowl_nd_results (CVE-2019-9500)
* kernel: Count overflow in FUSE request leading to use-after-free issues. (CVE-2019-11487)
* kernel: ppc: unrelated processes being able to read/write to each other's virtual memory (CVE-2019-12817)
* kernel: Use-after-free in sound/usb/card.c:usb_audio_probe() (CVE-2018-19824)
* kernel: brcmfmac frame validation bypass (CVE-2019-9503)
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):
* [DELL EMC 8.0 BUG]: pciehp deadlock resulting in NVMe device not being recognized when hot plugged (BZ#1712261)
* Host crashed while try to boot a compatible guest attached huge page by-object memory-backend-file
*[1G-P9] (BZ#1714758)
* Setting malformed authenc key will crash the system (BZ#1715335)
* BUG: memory allocation failure in inode_doinit_with_dentry()/context_to_sid() (BZ#1717780)
* [HPEMC 8.1 BUG] Protect against concurrent calls into UV BIOS (BZ#1724534)
* PHC jumping on I350 (igb) (BZ#1726352)
* aarch64 kernel missing vulnerabilities status files (BZ#1726353)
* BUG: KASAN: use-after-free in skb_release_data() (BZ#1726354)
* [RHEL8][PANIC][aarch64] kernel panic when loading the dme1737 module (BZ#1726355)
* [RHEL8] [aarch64] Changes for BZ1672997 break kaslr (BZ#1726357)
* Network fails to come up when booting with kernel 3.10.0-862.el7.x86_64, several hung tasks can be seen in logs. (BZ#1726358)
* [Intel] 'cpupower frequency-set' produces unexpected results for some processors (BZ#1726360)
* HDMI/DP audio: ELD not updated on hotplug event (BZ#1726361)
* [mlx5_core] CX5 Adapter works not as expected when MTU is 9000, Unable to handle kernel paging request at virtual address 3ae0aafeff4b6b5a (BZ#1726372)
* [DELL 8.0 Bug] - hid-multitouch 0018:1FD2:8008.0001 ,lost function from S3 resume (BZ#1727098)
* [RHEL8.1 Pre Beta] [Power8] data corruption while returning from watchpoint exception handler (BZ#1733281)
* RHEL8.1 pre-Beta - cacheinfo code unsafe vs LPM (BZ#1733282)
* RHEL8.1 pre-Beta - [ZZ/Zeppelin] [kernel-4.18.0-100.el8.ppc64le] Hash MMU allows child to write parents process address space (BZ#1734689)
Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.
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-2019:2703.See Also
http://www.nessus.org/u?6a1c4a5c
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2703
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1655816
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1695044
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1701224
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1701842
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1703063
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 128665
File Name: redhat-RHSA-2019-2703.nasl
Version: 1.9
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks
Published: 9/11/2019
Updated: 11/6/2024
Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: High
Score: 7.3
Vendor
Vendor Severity: Important
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 8.3
Temporal Score: 6.5
Vector: CVSS2#AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-3846
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 8.8
Temporal Score: 7.9
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/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:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-debug-core, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-tools-libs-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-debug-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-core, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-cross-headers, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-tools-libs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perf, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:bpftool, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-tools, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-zfcpdump, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-debug-modules-extra, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-zfcpdump-core, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-zfcpdump-modules-extra, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-modules-extra, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-headers, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-modules, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-zfcpdump-modules, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-zfcpdump-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-debug-modules, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-debug, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python3-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: 9/10/2019
Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/3/2018
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2018-19824, CVE-2019-11487, CVE-2019-12817, CVE-2019-3846, CVE-2019-3887, CVE-2019-9500, CVE-2019-9503