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RHEL 8 : kernel (RHSA-2020:2102)
high Nessus Plugin ID 136526
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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-2020:2102 advisory.The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system.
Security Fix(es):
* Kernel: NetLabel: null pointer dereference while receiving CIPSO packet with null category may cause kernel panic (CVE-2020-10711)
* Kernel: s390: page table upgrade in secondary address mode may lead to privilege escalation (CVE-2020-11884)
* Kernel: kvm: nVMX: L2 guest may trick the L0 hypervisor to access sensitive L1 resources (CVE-2020-2732)
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):
* [RHEL8.2][Azure]Commits to resolve high network latency (BZ#1817945)
* cpu.share scheduling performance issue (BZ#1819909)
* [DELL 8.2 BUG] [WD 19 SC/DC/TBT] ALSA: Microphone can't record via front port after suspend (BZ#1821376)
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-2020:2102.See Also
http://www.nessus.org/u?b1a13f12
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:2102
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1805135
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 136526
File Name: redhat-RHSA-2020-2102.nasl
Version: 1.10
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks
Published: 5/12/2020
Updated: 11/7/2024
Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 6.7
Vendor
Vendor Severity: Important
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 6.9
Temporal Score: 5.1
Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-11884
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7
Temporal Score: 6.1
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/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, cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_eus:8.2, 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, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-zfcpdump-core, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-zfcpdump-modules-extra, 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 Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 5/12/2020
Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/28/2020