RHEL 7 : kernel-rt (RHSA-2020:3221)

high Nessus Plugin ID 139200

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates for kernel-rt.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2020:3221 advisory.

The kernel-rt packages provide the Real Time Linux Kernel, which enables fine-tuning for systems with extremely high determinism requirements.

Security Fix(es):

* kernel: kernel: DAX hugepages not considered during mremap (CVE-2020-10757)

* kernel: buffer overflow in mwifiex_cmd_append_vsie_tlv function in drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/scan.c (CVE-2020-12653)

* kernel: heap-based buffer overflow in mwifiex_ret_wmm_get_status function in drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/wmm.c (CVE-2020-12654)

* kernel: use-after-free caused by a malicious USB device in the drivers/hid/usbhid/hiddev.c driver (CVE-2019-19527)

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):

* kernel-rt: provide infrastructure to support dual-signing of the kernel (foundation to help address CVE-2020-10713) (BZ#1837438)

* kernel-rt: update to the latest RHEL7.8.z3 source tree (BZ#1848017)

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-rt package based on the guidance in RHSA-2020:3221.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?93b5547b

https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important

https://access.redhat.com/security/vulnerabilities/grub2bootloader

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:3221

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1783498

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1831868

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1832530

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1842525

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 139200

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2020-3221.nasl

Version: 1.10

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/31/2020

Updated: 11/7/2024

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Important

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 5.6

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-19527

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-2020-12653

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-rt-debug-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-rt-doc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-rt-debug, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-rt-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-rt-kvm, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-rt-trace-kvm, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-rt-trace-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-rt-trace, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-rt, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-rt-debug-kvm

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: 7/29/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/24/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-19527, CVE-2020-10757, CVE-2020-12653, CVE-2020-12654

CWE: 119, 120, 122, 416

RHSA: 2020:3221