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RHEL 7 : kernel (RHSA-2019:4058)
high Nessus Plugin ID 131675
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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 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2019:4058 advisory.The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system.
Security Fix(es):
* Kernel: vhost_net: infinite loop while receiving packets leads to DoS (CVE-2019-3900)
* Kernel: page cache side channel attacks (CVE-2019-5489)
* Kernel: KVM: nVMX: use-after-free of the hrtimer for emulation of the preemption timer (CVE-2019-7221)
* kernel: Handling of might_cancel queueing is not properly pretected against race (CVE-2017-10661)
* kernel: Inifinite loop vulnerability in mm/madvise.c:madvise_willneed() function allows local denial of service (CVE-2017-18208)
* kernel: use-after-free in drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_si_intf.c, ipmi_si_mem_io.c, ipmi_si_port_io.c (CVE-2019-11811)
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):
* [LLNL 7.5 Bug] slab leak causing a crash when using kmem control group (BZ#1748234)
* kmem, memcg: system crash due to cache destruction race (BZ#1754829)
* kernel build: parallelize redhat/mod-sign.sh (BZ#1755327)
* kernel build: speed up module compression step (BZ#1755336)
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-2019:4058.See Also
http://www.nessus.org/u?eb2512d4
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:4058
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1481136
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1551565
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1664110
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1671904
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 131675
File Name: redhat-RHSA-2019-4058.nasl
Version: 1.7
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks
Published: 12/4/2019
Updated: 11/7/2024
Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: High
Score: 7.4
Vendor
Vendor Severity: Important
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.6
Temporal Score: 6
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-10661
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
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-7221
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-tools, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-headers, cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_e4s:7.4, 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-bootwrapper, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-tools-libs, cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_aus:7.4, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python-perf, cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_tus:7.4, 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: 12/3/2019
Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/19/2017
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2017-10661, CVE-2017-18208, CVE-2019-11811, CVE-2019-3900, CVE-2019-5489, CVE-2019-7221