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RHEL 7 : kernel (RHSA-2020:4990)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 142673
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Synopsis
The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update for kernel.Description
The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2020:4990 advisory.The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system.
Security Fix(es):
* kernel: net: bluetooth: information leak when processing certain AMP packets (CVE-2020-12352)
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.
Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.
Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue 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-2020:4990.See Also
http://www.nessus.org/u?77b330af
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate
https://access.redhat.com/security/vulnerabilities/BleedingTooth
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 142673
File Name: redhat-RHSA-2020-4990.nasl
Version: 1.12
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks
Published: 11/10/2020
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: 4.4
Vendor
Vendor Severity: Moderate
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Low
Base Score: 3.3
Temporal Score: 2.6
Vector: CVSS2#AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-12352
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 6.5
Temporal Score: 5.9
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C
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-tools-libs-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-debug-devel, cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_aus:7.2, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-tools-libs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python-perf, 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: 11/10/2020
Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/15/2020
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2020-12352