RHEL 7 : kernel-rt (RHSA-2021:0857)

high Nessus Plugin ID 147827

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-2021:0857 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: Local buffer overflow in ctnetlink_parse_tuple_filter in net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_netlink.c (CVE-2020-25211)

* kernel: SCSI target (LIO) write to any block on ILO backstore (CVE-2020-28374)

* kernel: locking issue in drivers/tty/tty_jobctrl.c can lead to an use-after-free (CVE-2020-29661)

* kernel: malicious USB devices can lead to multiple out-of-bounds write (CVE-2019-19532)

* kernel: out-of-bounds reads in pinctrl subsystem. (CVE-2020-0427)

* kernel: use-after-free in i915_ppgtt_close in drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_gtt.c (CVE-2020-7053)

* kernel: performance counters race condition use-after-free (CVE-2020-14351)

* kernel: Geneve/IPsec traffic may be unencrypted between two Geneve endpoints (CVE-2020-25645)

* kernel: use-after-free in read in vt_do_kdgkb_ioctl (CVE-2020-25656)

* kernel: ICMP rate limiting can be used for DNS poisoning attack (CVE-2020-25705)

* kernel: increase slab leak leads to DoS (CVE-2021-20265)

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: update to the latest RHEL7.9.z4 source tree (BZ#1917909)

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-2021:0857.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?7e5ab864

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

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:0857

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1781821

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1795624

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1862849

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1877571

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1883988

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1888726

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1894579

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1899804

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1906525

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1908827

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1919893

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 147827

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2021-0857.nasl

Version: 1.14

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 3/17/2021

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: 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-2020-29661

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.1

Temporal Score: 7.3

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-28374

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: 3/16/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/3/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-19532, CVE-2020-0427, CVE-2020-14351, CVE-2020-25211, CVE-2020-25645, CVE-2020-25656, CVE-2020-25705, CVE-2020-28374, CVE-2020-29661, CVE-2020-7053, CVE-2021-20265

CWE: 119, 20, 200, 319, 330, 400, 416

RHSA: 2021:0857