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CentOS 7 : kernel (CESA-2019:2600)
high Nessus Plugin ID 129020
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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 7.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: hw: Spectre SWAPGS gadget vulnerability (CVE-2019-1125)
* kernel: brcmfmac heap buffer overflow in brcmf_wowl_nd_results (CVE-2019-9500)
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) :
* [mlx4] VXLAN over VLAN TCP segmentation (BZ#1734333)
* Race condition in /dev/sg due to missing synchronization causes corruption in RHV (BZ#1737380)
* panic handing smb2_reconnect due to a use after free (BZ#1737382)
* NFSv4.1 client stuck in infinite loop when received NFS4ERR_SEQ_MISORDERED error (BZ#1739077)
* Backport TCP follow-up for small buffers (BZ#1739130)
Solution
Update the affected kernel packages.See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 129020
File Name: centos_RHSA-2019-2600.nasl
Version: 1.6
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: CentOS Local Security Checks
Published: 9/19/2019
Updated: 2/18/2020
Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: High
Score: 7.3
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.9
Temporal Score: 6.2
Vector: CVSS2#AV:A/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-9500
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 8.3
Temporal Score: 7.5
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/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-tools-libs, cpe:/o:centos:centos:7, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:kernel-headers, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:kernel-tools-libs-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:kernel-debug, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:kernel-abi-whitelists, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:perf, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:kernel-tools, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:python-perf, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:kernel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:kernel-doc, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:kernel-debug-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:bpftool, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:kernel-devel
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: 9/18/2019
Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/3/2019
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2019-1125, CVE-2019-9500
RHSA: 2019:2600