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CentOS 8 : kernel (CESA-2021:1093)

high Nessus Plugin ID 148422

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Synopsis

The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote CentOS Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the CESA-2021:1093 advisory.

 - kernel: use after free in eventpoll.c may lead to escalation of privilege (CVE-2020-0466)

 - Kernel: KVM: host stack overflow due to lazy update IOAPIC (CVE-2020-27152)

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

 - kernel: race conditions caused by wrong locking in net/vmw_vsock/af_vsock.c (CVE-2021-26708)

 - kernel: iscsi: unrestricted access to sessions and handles (CVE-2021-27363)

 - kernel: out-of-bounds read in libiscsi module (CVE-2021-27364)

 - kernel: heap buffer overflow in the iSCSI subsystem (CVE-2021-27365)

 - kernel: Use after free via PI futex state (CVE-2021-3347)

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 affected packages.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:1093

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 148422

File Name: centos8_RHSA-2021-1093.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 4/9/2021

Updated: 1/5/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

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-2021-3347

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:centos:centos:kernel-debug-modules, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:kernel-debug-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:kernel-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:kernel-tools-libs, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:kernel-debug-core, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:kernel-tools-libs-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:kernel-abi-whitelists, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:perf, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:kernel-modules, cpe:/o:centos:centos:8, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:bpftool, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:kernel-modules-extra, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:kernel-cross-headers, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:kernel-core, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:python3-perf, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:kernel-debug-modules-extra, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:kernel-debug, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:kernel-tools, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:kernel

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/CentOS/release, Host/CentOS/rpm-list

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/6/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/6/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-0466, CVE-2020-27152, CVE-2020-28374, CVE-2021-26708, CVE-2021-27363, CVE-2021-27364, CVE-2021-27365, CVE-2021-3347

RHSA: 2021:1093